Ahhhhhhhh! I can't ever remember being this excited to share something with you!
This afternoon Ana called me. She has never called me before. Normally she never has the money to call.
I declined the call and called her back on my dime. She said she has been dying to talk to me. I told her I have been without my car, and I didn't want to make plans with her while everything is so up in the air with my car. I know the kids would be disappointed if I made plans and had to cancel.
Ana said she was calling to say that we are now co-workers!
Ana was hired by the organization I serve to make snacks for all of the clubs in Los Pinos!! This means she has to make snacks for 27 people three times each week. She gets paid for each club, but has to buy the food from that money. She is going to buy plastic cups and plates because she can already see how much she will spend on disposables.
The cool thing is that a few weeks ago I wrote here about meeting a woman who is a friend of Ana's and sells PLASTICS in the street. I bought a garbage can from her. When I went to pick it up Ana and her family were with me. This woman gave Ana a ride to the hospital when Ana was giving birth to her first child. They hadn't seen each other in 14 years but were excited to reconnect. So Ana already has that connection.
I can see God's hand in every detail of this.
Last week on Monday everyone was talking about someone named Karla who is also working with us in Los Pinos. I asked friends in Los Pinos who they were talking about and everyone said it is my Karla, the one I have been talking to every day lately. But I kept thinking no, she is too busy! Turns out, I was wrong! Karla is busy, but she heard about the opportunity to serve the kids of Los Pinos and said yes, she would do it!
Ana told me that today is the first day they met. They have almost 75 kid already signed up. A few couldn't attend today because they were in classes. But normally they will not meet on Saturdays, so they will be able to attend in the future.
I asked Ana who is working there. She said one person from my office, plus Luis, Karla and Don Juan! I said Karla? She said Yes, The Karla of Clara!
So, I am now a co-worker of Karla, Luis and Ana! And Ana now has a paying job!!! It doesn't pay much, but it is a little weekly income that she can count on. The others are volunteers, like me.
I am about to explode I am so excited with the way my life is coming full circle. If God had asked me to choose, I would have chosen these people to serve the kids of Los Pinos.
Karla is wondering how she will have time to prepare for her club. I told her we can prepare together if it would be helpful.
Today I am giving thanks to our God, who sees every single detail of our lives. He wants to meet our every need. I feel so fulfilled as I begin to serve again with Ana, Luis and Karla. I will be in a different community, but we are part of the same team. Together we will strive for excellence in serving the most impoverished, dangerous communities of Honduras. What a tremendous blessing - to serve the people I love, side by side with people I love! I can't imagine anything better! God is so good!
