You may remember a trip we took this past February, to Tirana, Albania, where we cleaned up a community called, Grumbillini. The community has now grown from 17 to 22 families, in which we're ministering to. On this trip Convoy of Hope was joined with a team from Calvary Church in Toledo, Ohio.
The experience is hard to put into words. The families there are living in extreme poverty. There are a lot of children in the area. At times we had 60 children gathered in which we sang worship songs and taught bible stories. God is so good. The children have a great leader who is teaching them God's love at such a young age. This is something the adults never had. You can see how these seeds are growing fruit in the children that will hopefully reach to the adults. Calvary Church has sponsored 52 of these children to go to school. 40 of those were not in school last year.
The team worked hard to redo the roof of the building. Last time we were there we had heard that the roof has major leaks and that in the night water will drip on the children, making them sick. So now this will no longer be an issue. The woman worked to create a children's play room and surprised them at the end of the week with Rainbows and flowers painted on the walls. This will be a bright and cheery room for them in their dreary world.
I spent the entire week with the children. I have never been hugged and kissed so many times in my life!! The children love unconditionally. It has made a big impact on me. I have really fallen in love with these kids. They have so many gifts and talents. God really and truly made each one of them uniquely and for a divine purpose. Please pray with us that God's hand will be on them and they will have a chance in life, unlike their parents. Many of them don't experience love like they should. Pray they will know God's love. I felt so blessed to be able to love on them while I was there. I can't wait to go back and see them again!
Thanks to all who are supporting us. Because of your giving we are able to do things like this, where we can show God's love in practical and very meaningful ways so that more people can know who God is.
