Delia is 13 years old going on 14 next month. Her favourite colour is pink, and she is in fourth grade. She and Luis, Mercedes' brother, go to a nearby public school with their interpreter, Juan. Her family is from a rural community in the department of Potosi, but they moved to Cochabamba in order to be closer to the deaf centre, so she often gets to go home on weekends. She has a younger brother who is also deaf and lives here in the boys' dorm. His name is Luis, and he is about 8 years old.Delia is vivacious, intelligent, and full of energy. She is a lot of fun to be around! Deaf individuals often tend to have poor reading and writing skills, but I have been very impressed with Delia's writing abilities. She is obviously very bright! She is also a very loving and affectionate individual. Before she heads off to school, she always comes, puts her arms around me, and just stands their for a while. Then she steps back, lovingly tells me to take care of myself, and heads off to school.
BLESSINGS:
-Delia's life.
-My friends in Cochabamba who welcome me into their homes and are so good to me whenever I spend a weekend in "Coche."
-Eleanor's surgery went well! (See last week's prayer request)
PRAYER REQUESTS:
-Spiritual salvation of Delia's family, and Delia's own relationship with God.
-Eleanor's quick recovery from surgery, so she can once again be up and about.
-God's provision for a wall to be built up around one end of the property. (The centre has had problems with thieves breaking in, and it is also having problems with the community, which would like to take the property away from them.)
-Please pray that God would help me to live one day at a time, and that I would find joy in serving.
Can I just say that your new profile pic is totally adorable! And I loved reading your profile info (yeah North & South). Love reading the blog, thinking about you and miss you:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for yet another introduction - makes me want to come and meet all these girls! Loved the reference to "Choche" - haven't heard that in ten years. Can't believe it's been so long since I lived in Bolivia. I still think about those days and what an incredible experience it was. I'm so glad I've had a taste of life there so emails from you and your mom don't seem so foreign. May God give you grace, love, and creativity to express His heart to the girls He has entrusted to your care. They will never forget you.
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