Today was AWESOME!! Not only was it my birthday, it was Josh (the other male leader)’s birthday as well! So crazy! We are exactly one year apart. He is a year older than I am. Today we drove around to three different ministry sites and just had an all around awesome day. It was really nice because I was able to spend some time with some of the kids that I didn’t normally get to spend time with during the day. I also got to see three ministry sites in action that I haven’t gotten to see yet.
Around 1:45 we ended up at Reto Juveniel, which is an awesome ministry that houses 10 guys under the age of 18. They are at Reto instead of going to prison. They work really hard maintaining their living area and learn about Jesus and how to fix their lives. It also works as a rehab center. This place is EXACTLY what I want to do with my life in the future! It is so wonderful. I would love to work at this ministry in the future. The guys there are just awesome and the work that Gilbert (the leader) does is so amazing. It is also right on the beach, which is nothing to complain about. So for the afternoon we were playing with games with the guys and then we went swimming/wading in the ocean. The waves were so intense so we basically just played in the waves, which was pretty awesome, I’m not gonna lie. Then, the rest of the group came and we swam some more and then we had a cook out with them. We grilled out with hot dogs and hamburgers and it was delicious!
Afterwards, we came back to the church and had a foot washing service with the kids. I don’t normally get choked up about foot washing but this time it was just so amazing. We all had such an awesome connection with the kids and the leaders as well that it was just so meaningful and such an amazing experience.
Afterwards, Josh and I got called into the staff area for “one more short meeting” because Adrienne “needed to talk to us.” I was a little nervous because my guilty conscience went crazy and I was going over everything I had done in the day trying to think of what I could have possibly done! Then we walk in and our Puerto Rican friends yelled, “SURPRISE!” Oh my goodness was I surprised! Julio, Angie, Lucy, Daniel and Luigi were all there and they brought us two (delicious) ice cream cakes. WONDERFUL! They are all just such awesome people! I loved getting to see them and they were the cherry on top of my already beautiful day!
Over all I would say this is definitely in the top 3 of my birthdays!
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