Covi

HELLO!!!
Yes, I am still in Ecuador and I am still a live and I know I am over due for an update! :)

These last couple of weeks have been very busy for me, I have had some more opportunity's to volunteer and I went to Covi one day this week and one the day before. This was a ministry that I was able to go to once with Natasha, so it was really a blessing to be able to go back.

It is a ministry for school aged children that have family's but have a bad family life or their family's live in poverty. Here the children only go to school for half a day so the children that go to school in the morning come in the afternoon and vice versa.  The children come to Covi to have a good meal, get help with homework, have a safe place to stay, get their clothes washed and have people to look after them. It is really a sweet place to be and see these children and how they are flourishing in this setting the lady that oversees this ministry has such a heart for these children! She patiently talks with them, helps them, feeds them, prays for them and teaches them about the Lord.

I also met a group of people who are on the World Race. It is a mission trip where they go to 11 different country's in 11 months. They are three months in so it has been really fun to get to know them and hear about their adventures thus far!

Another huge blessing is the new Psychologist speaks good English and loves his job so I was able to talk to him a lot about his job, what he does and each of the children, their backgrounds and their struggles. It was such an amazing blessing! I know not everyone wants to talk to Psychologist all day but after all it is what I am studying at the moments in school.... it was amazing to get some "hands on" information! :)

It is a busy place, serving around 50 children Monday -Friday, but it is a fun place where children play and laugh, where songs of praise are sung to God, where children have someone to look after them and care for them and someone to help with their homework. Yes, I actually did help a little boy do his homework in Spanish. I'm not sure if it was harder for him or for me! But it was good for both of us I'm sure.

I know it is strange for me to do a blog post with no pictures, but some things are better remembered in your heart and that seems to be how the days that I spent at Covi are, they were sweet and wonderful days that I won't ever forget....