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Hello hi hi! It’s Rebekah! So far this week has
been great and God has already been doing great things through our team. Every
time I hear a staff member talk about our team, it’s nothing but positive
feedback and praises! I’ve heard one person say, “You’re team really is
something special. I’ve never heard so much laughter throughout the Nest! I
feel like I can sit down and not have a worry in the world!” Hearing that is so
encouraging and makes me strive to love even more. There’s a lot of
similarities between this year and last year. It’s helpful knowing where things
are and who is who. Since the kids have school this week, and we can’t start
our VBS until Thursday, we’ve took on the role of manual labor. Which isn’t bad
at all, just a lot more work. The satisfaction I’ll feel when we’re all finished
will be well worth the work. I also have to keep reminding myself not to keep
comparing, because this is a whole new trip with whole new experiences! It has
been really cool rekindling relationships that were formed last year and pick
up right where we left off. I’ve gotten closer to the older boys which has been
great, because they’re all such characters. I even got proposed to! This
morning though started off really rough. First my alarm didn’t go off so I woke
up late for baby duty. Then, after breakfast I had the most stressful time with
one of the children here. This one girl, Saneeka, for some reason didn’t want
me to play or even be near any of the kids at all. She would literally pull
them off of me and threaten them to stay away from me. Soon I was just sitting
alone and being looked at like a bad person. I felt terrible. Then to top it
off, she had about 5 kids hit me and spit on me. I had no idea what to do. It
was so discouraging. After I got her to stop, I just felting like crying. So I
went down to our room, took a 10 min break, and I just wrote and prayed to calm
down. She’s so full of anger and just wants attention, even if it’s negative. I
know her from last year and I know her background. I just had to remind myself
of her story and why she acts the way she does. The best thing I can do is show
patience and love to her even when it’s hard to. Other than that, everything
has been fantastic here at the Nest and I can’t wait to see what else God has
in store! Tomorrow we’re throwing a “fun day” for the kids. We’ll have games,
pool time, an easter egg hunt, and other things planned! Please pray that works
smoothly and continue praying for strength for our team and for the many lives
we’ll be impacting this week! God bless and thank you!
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Hey Everyone! Being here at the Robins
Nest this week has been such an overflowing blessing! Can’t get over the differences
between my trip here last year and this year! It’s really cool to hear the
stories of the women who are staff! God has brought each and every one of us to
Robins Nest for a special reason. He is using us in amazing ways for his great
plan! The children’s smiles and happiness are amazing! At times it is
challenging but that is expected. I asked one of my little men (Demani) if he remembered me from last year and he said
he did. But he didn’t seem like he did. So I showed him a picture that I had taken
and his face lit up! He did remember me that night I went to give him a hug and
he growled at me in anger. I didn’t understand….that was rough. But today he
shared stories about what we did last year and it was so sweet!
Love Annalisa <3 O one more thing,
the sunset and the sunrise are absolutely to die for and I have many pictures
to share! And the babies cries for cuddles is so special! Can’t wait to share
more with all of you. However, the
pictures won’t do justice the actually experiencing this week!
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