One week? Wow.

Have I really been here one week already!? It doesn’t feel real! It has gone by so fast!

Things here have calmed down since the accident. Thanks for all your prayers for the patients and the staff as we worked in the clinic! Friday we spent the morning just catching up on rest and spending time in the Word trying to unpack what happened the night before.

After lunch we went over to Maggie’s Kitchen to paint the inside ceiling and touch up the walls. This was really exciting for me because when I was here in March we painted the outside of Maggie’s Kitchen! Naturally I wore the same shirt I wore in March that had paint all over it (cough cough, thanks Matt!) Maggie was a little girl that was brought to Mission of Hope when she was about 12 years old. They found her in a dump burned and beaten, left to die. She regained her health and strength at Mission of Hope until she got really sick. Not long after she passed away from what they believe was Leukemia. Maggie wanted to grow up and become a chef so they dedicated the new cafeteria for the orphanage in honor of Maggie. :) Her favorite color is pink so naturally, the outside and inside walls are pink.

This is Maggies Kitchen :)

Today we woke up and went straight to painting again. We worked on the ceilings, touching up the walls, and finishing the trim on the outside of the building. That was fun because we got to be on big ladders. After lunch a few of us went back to finish painting.

Compared to the day before, these few days haven’t been too eventful. But we are all very grateful for the downtime. All us interns have been spending a lot of time together and bonding a lot. I love these girls. I’m so grateful for the relationships that have been built already.

Abby, me, and Ashley :)


New teams arrived today. Its a huge group of about 40. I'm excited to get to know them and see how God is going to use them this week!! We've got a lot of things happening here this week!

Its crazy to think that one week has already gone by and I only have four more to go. I just know it’s going to fly by. So much has happened just in one week. I cant wait to see what the next few weeks hold!