Visiting Gracie

Pastora Ruth asked me to go with her today to meet Gracie, a woman I know and admire.  Gracie is going to speak at our women's conference.  It was a beautiful drive to Gracie's house.

A glimpse of Tegus in rainy season

Gracie is the woman I wrote about several months ago who rescues abused women and children.  We got to see all of Gracie's ministry.  She currently has 44 people living on her small property. Three are paralyzed children, some are abused children, some are women pregnant as a result of incest (although I struggle to call an 11 year old a "woman").  There are also women who are in hiding after escaping abusive home lives.

At the conference Gracie will speak about the rights and obligations of a woman to report abuse from a legal and biblical basis.

I also got a chance to talk to Gracie about working with her in the new and improved Honduran foster care system.  Gracie is on the board of directors of a non-profit group which works under the government foster agency.  She would like for me to do monthly home assessments in Tegucigalpa.  The plan is to eventually cut out the orphanages and move all kids in foster care to homes.

Gracie was thrilled to hear that I have a degree in psychology and plenty of experience doing home assessments from the years I worked for DCFS and the Public Guardian's office in the US.  We believe it should be a good fit.  I'm looking forward to starting this project in the fall.

After our meeting, Ruth and I are even more excited about the women's conference.  I believe that every woman who attends is going to be blessed in amazing ways.  Can't wait to tell you all about it!