"It is a house of many cultures, many languages, and many colors. It is a house of laughter, and tears, and sometimes frustration, but mostly elation. It is a house of praise and worship and thanks. It is a house that is usually teeming with children, laughing and dancing and singing and just being kids, something many of them have never had a real opportunity to do. It’s always a loud house, and it is always a grateful house. It is our mission house. But mostly it is God’s house....
This house has become a home, not just to us but to hundreds. It holds my heart. It holds so many lessons. It is a place where children can be children, where people can know that they are important and special and loved. It is a place where people can accept Christ and learn about Him and grow in Him. It is our mission house, but mostly it is a house of the Lord." -Katie Davis #missionaryatheart
My Street Kids
A day spend with our street kids is a good day! 30 boys are coming to the house every day during the week to eat, bathe, and play. What a blessing! An opportunity to help sponsor our street kids is coming up so be on the lookout! We can't do what we do without YOU! #missionaryatheart
Successful Day
First day back was a success! Street kids were at the house all day doing their thing (playing, eating, and bathing) and then I finally got to meet precious Albert (a 14 month old 12 pound baby). He is precious and cute as ever! And he can finally hold his head up on his own (MAJOR PRAISE)! #missionaryatheart
Coloring for the First Time
Teenage street kids at the mission house coloring for the first time! They are so excited and they don't even care that we only have mermaid coloring books! Pretty humbling to think about the fact that's these boys are teenagers and have never held a crayon or marker until now. #missionaryatheart
Rainy Season
It's considered the "rainy season" right now in the Dominican. I would say that's accurate considering it's rained for about 2 weeks straight with only a few hours of sunshine here and there. As much as I love the rain...my heart breaks for all of my kids in the Dominican! Rain in the Dominican=a complete and total mess! When you have dirt floors and roofs with more holes than covered spots, the few things you have in your house get ruined. And my poor street kids. They can't escape the wet y'all. They are soaked all the time. And at the mission house since it has been raining so much we can't even hang the boys clean clothes outside to dry because they just get wet again in the rain. This is a picture of one of our street kids "bathing" outside at the mission house. Prayers for my kids. If I could take their place, I would in a second. #missionaryatheart