If God lights a fire in our hearts...

...one has to trust that He has a plan on how He is going to put it out!

Last weekend, I made a trip out to San Martinero, (45 minutes north of GUA city)
with some friends/missionaries
to visit the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist
("Hermanas Misioneras de la Eucaristía").

The 3 sisters that live there run a nursing home
that gives care to 13 abandoned women
that have no one to care for them.

We arrived to the nursing home

after 5 hours of driving one way 

from San Lucas

...it definitely was a pilgrimage!

      (Left above)- Dining Hall                         (Right above)- Recreation Room

(Left)- Back patio area (the sisters wash everything by hand!)            (Right)- Chapel

Their beautiful chapel

 

2 of the residents...the one on the right is 105 yrs old!!

My missionary friends who were as crazy as me 

to make a 10-hour road trip to see a nursing home!

My dear missionary friend Kelly
took some time to sit down and sing to this elderly woman
who would start crying every time we walked past her...
maybe she was touched to see visitors?

Either way, it was beautiful to see Kelly once more
using her gifts for the glory of the Lord.

I made this trip last weekend and will continue to make trips
to visit other nursing homes here in Guatemala
because my ultimate goal and dream
is to build a center for the elderly.
A center where they can have a "home"
and know that there, they will always receive a meal, a smile & hug,
and see familiar faces that know their names and history.
It will be a center where they can pass time
in fellowship and with other activities...
and not be forgotten by society.

Please keep this intention in your prayers...
may all be done in God's time, according to His Will.

I've also attached a link below of a 10 minute video
that captures a lot of what the Lord has been revealing to my heart.

Many of us really do not take the time to consider the lives of the elderly
and the hidden sufferings they undergo alone
while we move on with our busy lives.

Please take the time to see the video...
and reach out to someone you know who may be in need.

LINK: A day in the life of a 98 year old...