Short Haired Beauty
She is 16 and beautiful. Her hair is short because the police cut her hair off last year; but she works the short cut. I see her a few...
Cake in the Park
We took her out for lunch on her 15th birthday. She asked for chicken and we stuck a candle in it and started singing Happy Birthday and...
Hold Fast to Love
"So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God." Hosea 12:16 Hold fast to...
Leaving the 99
We had just finished restocking medical supplies at the local pharmacy. As we walked outside we ran into one of our boys we work closely...
Walking With You
I met him on his 17th birthday. I had never interacted much with him before that because he always kept to himself and I did not see much...
The Other Side of the Canal
In the middle of the intersection by one of the markets there is a circle of grass with a sewage canal running through it. It is...
Full hearts and Dusty Shoes
Guest post from Bob and Kristin Blank: Today we are returning to the U.S. after the best trip of our lives. We have no souvenirs nor...
Red Nikes
Hermana, I have never had a birthday like this before." He told me as we sat on the bus heading back towards the canal he calls home....
2:30 am
It was 2:30 in the morning, but I couldn’t sleep. An hour earlier it had started raining and I was worried about the kids. Were they...
What do I want people to know?
What do I want people to know?? Our little brother smiles with a twinkle in his eye when he greets us and says “Hermanita.” Kids don’t...
