{"id":187,"date":"2009-04-04T05:46:37","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T05:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/efcn-mx\/?p=187"},"modified":"2011-10-14T01:01:17","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T01:01:17","slug":"with-short-sighted-eyes-i-try-to-see-even-the-hill%e2%80%a6again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/efcn-mx\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"With short-sighted eyes I try to see even the hill\u2026..again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gale Wightman: Psalm 121:1 and 2\u2014I look up my eyes to the hills, where does my help come from?\u00a0 My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.<\/p>\n<p>I often meditate on this verse at home, but never do I have even a mound to look up to\u2014Here, in Juarez, I really can look to the hills!<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t imagine spending this week any other way.\u00a0\u00a0 Had we been home, what would we be doing?\u00a0 Going out to a restaurant, the movies, the zoo?\u00a0 Physically, this week was not an easy one.\u00a0 Everyday I went to bed exhausted because if we weren\u2019t scraping, painting, working, we were with the kids.\u00a0 Spiritually it was refreshing\u2014our God time was enlightening.\u00a0 I learned some great insights from the others in my group.\u00a0 As an emotional experience it was everything from joy to seeing the kids laughing and playing to the solemn moments when you realize that all a child owns fits in to one or two drawers.\u00a0 To one child, a hidden shard of glass was a treasure (which was confiscated).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-187 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/efcn-mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dsc09338.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/efcn-mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dsc09338-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/efcn-mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dsc_0178.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/efcn-mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dsc_0178-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/efcn-mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dsc_0261.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/efcn-mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dsc_0261-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I\u2019ve loved meeting the people here:<br \/>\nMoniqua who prays with the boys each night and who had been praying that Americans would come and paint her dorm room orange.\u00a0 What do you know, we did!<\/p>\n<p>Betel who amazes me with all she knows and understands of this ministry, and her ready smile, and words of encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra who told me she didn\u2019t have any friends.<br \/>\nAnd the other Sandra who makes such silly faces and I thrill when I see her arm and arm with Khalia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gale Wightman: Psalm 121:1 and 2\u2014I look up my eyes to the hills, where does my help come from?\u00a0 My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. 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