Friday, March 10, 2006
Journal Entry #8: David González
Journal Entry 8: David González
March 9th, 2006
David is one of three sons of the González family. He helped us
tremendously throughout the whole week, anywhere from translating and
working hard on the sites to encouraging and being a great friend.
Terminamos con la remodelación de las tres casas, ahora tres niños van a
poder dormir mientras llueve porque su casa ya tiene paredes, y las bolsas
plásticas que tenían como techos ahora son láminas de zinc. Un niño asmático
no se va a preocupar mas por el polvo que desprende las paredes de su casa,
llenas de polilla. Bueno su mundo no ha cambiado mucho ya que al igual que
ayer, hoy no saben que van a comer mañana. Sus ropas van a ser las mismas su
enfermedad la misma y su pobreza no va a cambiar de la noche a la mañana. El
Señor vino vivió entre nosotros y nos dio, creo, el mayor ejemplo de
servicio y sacrificio en la historia. Él que siendo Dios nos amo tanto como
para pasar por todo lo que paso. Que hay de nosotros que somos sus hijos y
nos jactamos de nuestra devoción como cristianos.
Estos jóvenes han sido de inmensa bendición. El Señor me ha recordado a
través de ellos cuan grande es su amor por nosotros, y que ha pesar de las
dificultades el nunca nos va abandonar. Espero poder haber sido de ayuda y
que todo el que llegue a leer esto comprenda lo enormemente necesitado que
estamos de hacer crecer nuestra fe, y poder amar a nuestro prójimo sin
importar nada, poder humillarnos y servir humildemente.
Que Dios les continué bendiciendo grandemente,
David González.
We finished the remodeling of three houses; now, three more kids will be
able to sleep while it rains because their house has walls, and the plastic
bags they had as a roof are now tin roofing. An asthmatic kid will not have
to worry any more about the dust that sheds off of the larva-infested walls
of his house. Well, their world has not changed much since it is the same
as yesterday, today they do not know what they will eat tomorrow. Their
clothes will be the same, their sickness will be the same, and their poverty
will not change from night to day. The Lord came and lived amongst us and
gave us, I think, the greatest example of service and sacrifice in history.
And he being God loved us so much to go through what he went through. What
is there of us who are his sons and daughters that we pride ourselves with
our devotion as Christians?
These youth have been an immense blessing. The Lord, through them, has
reminded me how great his love is for us; and that besides the difficulties
He will never abandon us. I hope to have been of some help and that
everyone who reads this will understand the enormously important it is to
grow in our faith and be able to love our neighbor no matter what, be able
to humble ourselves and serve humbly.
May God continue blessing you greatly,
David González
March 9th, 2006
David is one of three sons of the González family. He helped us
tremendously throughout the whole week, anywhere from translating and
working hard on the sites to encouraging and being a great friend.
Terminamos con la remodelación de las tres casas, ahora tres niños van a
poder dormir mientras llueve porque su casa ya tiene paredes, y las bolsas
plásticas que tenían como techos ahora son láminas de zinc. Un niño asmático
no se va a preocupar mas por el polvo que desprende las paredes de su casa,
llenas de polilla. Bueno su mundo no ha cambiado mucho ya que al igual que
ayer, hoy no saben que van a comer mañana. Sus ropas van a ser las mismas su
enfermedad la misma y su pobreza no va a cambiar de la noche a la mañana. El
Señor vino vivió entre nosotros y nos dio, creo, el mayor ejemplo de
servicio y sacrificio en la historia. Él que siendo Dios nos amo tanto como
para pasar por todo lo que paso. Que hay de nosotros que somos sus hijos y
nos jactamos de nuestra devoción como cristianos.
Estos jóvenes han sido de inmensa bendición. El Señor me ha recordado a
través de ellos cuan grande es su amor por nosotros, y que ha pesar de las
dificultades el nunca nos va abandonar. Espero poder haber sido de ayuda y
que todo el que llegue a leer esto comprenda lo enormemente necesitado que
estamos de hacer crecer nuestra fe, y poder amar a nuestro prójimo sin
importar nada, poder humillarnos y servir humildemente.
Que Dios les continué bendiciendo grandemente,
David González.
We finished the remodeling of three houses; now, three more kids will be
able to sleep while it rains because their house has walls, and the plastic
bags they had as a roof are now tin roofing. An asthmatic kid will not have
to worry any more about the dust that sheds off of the larva-infested walls
of his house. Well, their world has not changed much since it is the same
as yesterday, today they do not know what they will eat tomorrow. Their
clothes will be the same, their sickness will be the same, and their poverty
will not change from night to day. The Lord came and lived amongst us and
gave us, I think, the greatest example of service and sacrifice in history.
And he being God loved us so much to go through what he went through. What
is there of us who are his sons and daughters that we pride ourselves with
our devotion as Christians?
These youth have been an immense blessing. The Lord, through them, has
reminded me how great his love is for us; and that besides the difficulties
He will never abandon us. I hope to have been of some help and that
everyone who reads this will understand the enormously important it is to
grow in our faith and be able to love our neighbor no matter what, be able
to humble ourselves and serve humbly.
May God continue blessing you greatly,
David González
# posted by M.A.P. @ 1:26 PM 
