Best Lemonade I ever had!!

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Monday, 14 June 2010 18:36

Yesterday, feeling sleep deprived after a long drive as well as having two babies at home that have kept me busy and awake A LOT we went to visit our friends who are homeless and living in a campground.

People Loving People has been going out to this community for almost a year now so it was not surprise to have Jaslyn run out yelling miss Donna and wrap her arms around me! BEST part of the day! Her mom came out and gave me an update on how their family is doing. Jazzy is our translator sometimes when my Spanish just won't kick in. Her mom was telling me that Abuelita (grandma) is coming to visit from Mexico. She hasn't seen her in 10 years.

For two months abuelita will be staying in their small trailer on the campground with Mr and Mrs Martinez and their three children. There is clearly not enough to go around as it is but they have so much love and faith! It's really a good vibe being around their family.

I thought about how we are struggling to stretch everything now with two babies in the house.

I learned from watching Mr and Mrs Martinez with their kids, and in December from hearing Jazzy talk about how Christmas was so special says her daddy because he got to watch her and her brothers open their presents and that was his gift. I learned that Love covers some of the stuff we would never expect it to. That Faith stretches us and that Hope leads us closer to believing that God really will meet the needs of the Martinez family as well as ours.

When we finished handing out toilet paper, toothpaste, canned food, bread and pastries to the families who came out, we packed up and got ready to head back home. Jaslyn came running out yelling "WAIT!" In one hand she held a tupperware pitcher spilling at her feet as she ran and in the other some cups. She explained that she had just made some home made lemonade and wanted us to have a cool drink before we left. It was the BEST lemonade ever!

We all left with a smile as usual but the relationships that have been built made THIS visit even sweeter!