Galatians 6:9

Life is going by so fast here in Ecuador, but I am having the greatest time here in Ecuador! We have just finished the first real big children's camp and It was so much fun! We had four different teams throughout the camp, rojo, azul, amarillo, and verde (the best team). We were originally expecting 100-120 children, but ended up with 47 wonderful children! The government kept changing the day that children were out of school, and the camp ended up being when many children had final exams. But 100 children or not we had a wonderful time with these children. These children came from different backgrounds, different stories, different lifestyles that what I am accustomed too. We had devotionals, a talent show, a hike, an excursion to the pool, a bonfire, but most importantly we showed the children about the only thing that mattered the whole weekend: Jesus Christ. I had one of the best times of my life, but I was plagued with weariness the whole weekend, due to me getting barely any sleep while sleeping with the girls in the dorm the whole week. The Lord brought the verse Galatians 6:9 to my mind throughout the whole weekend, "So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up". Sometimes, it is easy to think that the work I do here is pointless, because I will never see the fruit of the harvest that I am sowing. I see the children for a couple days, pour out the love of Jesus, and never see them again. And to be honest, that can be frustrating at times, But, it gives me hope that I will eventually see what a simple VBS and being the light of Jesus can do in a child's and adult's life. And that is so exciting! This kid's camp opened my eyes to the different back grounds that the children come from. My heart was broken for one child that I noticed that kept to himself the whole weekend. I asked one of the staff here at Chacauco what was going on, and they said that his parents had just gotten a divorce recently and it was impacting the child in a negative way. Stories like these filled the camp, and it broke my heart to see children hurting and coming from different points of life to experience this radical message of Jesus Christ. It was such a good week with the kids and to see them take in the gospel, some of them for the first time was such a privilege.
   Continue to pray for us here at Chacauco as we begin our youth camp tomorrow! It will last until Wednesday, and I am so excited to see what God will do! Continue praying for me as I have only 3 1/2 weeks left and it breaks my heart to think about it!

Morgan Ramsey
Isaiah 6:8