Our trip to YWAM has brought many great adventures and opportunities to explore. When I was looking at pictures and thinking about a few of the highlights, one had to be seeing Anya grow in so many ways. She has made friends and learned a lot about working together with others. She has also had many opportunities to reach out to others and help people. Here are a few examples of what she has done, one big event even caught on camera:
Partnering with the older kids in her Foundation school to do outreach, picking up trash around the area, visiting nursing homes and praying for people.
Reaching out to other kids while at the park and on outreach with us to build relationships and just brighten peoples days.
Taking care of the younger kids during special events and just during everyday activities to give the parents a break!
And taking on some adventures like the one pictured below. When Anya saw a group rock climbing at Garden of the Gods one day, she said she wanted to learn to climb. So we went to Palmer Park, and found a rock with a few levels to climb, but not too high that I could not catch her if she fell, and she climbed, and climbed, and climbed....I had to keep stopping her from getting too high.
The rock we chose about 100-150 feel from ground to the top of what you see in the picture.
Taking a rest between climbing, and clearly having a great time.
Showing her skills...
Second time up, happy to show mom that she made it again!
It has not all been easy for her to adjust to, but there is so much growth that it could not come without some struggle. We are really proud of what our girls have been able to do while they are here and can't wait to see what they do in Thailand! We leave a week from tomorrow. Thanks for all the support and prayers, keep them coming.
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