My heart is filled to the max and is overflowing with joy from the Lord from this last couple of weeks. We had a group from Fairdale in Louisville, Kentucky and Grandview from the Dallas area of Texas. It was such a blessing to be able to work with them because they were such good groups! We worked in a nice community in Ambato and did VBS with their children there. We had 100 children each day, if not more, which is incredible growth for the children's ministry in that area. They recognized about 6 of the children that come each Sunday. So that means that 94 of those children were new to the church and some hearing the gospel for the first time. That is so incredible to me that some of the children had heard the gospel for the first time!!! How exciting! We had an incredible week working with the children, but also working with the Apatug community, the same community that suffered persecution that I spoke of earlier in my blog. We did construction and did much needed cleaning up the area, and the people were so appreciative of the help that we gave them that they made us qui, guinea pig. Now some people were really grossed out by this since it was served as a whole guinea pig, but it is so good! Qui is the nicest form of appreciation that the Quechua people can give us. It is a rarity and used only for the best occasions. I love the Apatug community so much, and it broke my heart to see them one last time last Thursday night.
On a happier note, many of you know that my birthday was yesterday and it was such a wonderful day. My wonderful roomies sang to me at midnight and brought me balloons, a card, and a beautiful scarf. I am so blessed to be rooming and living with the best people in the world. I love you Michelle, Carolina, Andy, Alejandra, and Michaela!! After many disrupted plans, I went to Ambato (my favorite city in the world) to shop and eat with a couple of the interns and it was so much fun! And eventually yes, my face was smashed into a cake. Gotta love Ecuadorian traditions. I was reminded throughout the whole day that even though my heart is breaking just at the thought that my time here is now reduced to a week, The Lord has blessed me incredibly here. With incredible friends and family, my cup truly is overflowing. Blessed can not even begin to explain how I feel. Please continue to pray for me as I am traveling to the jungle today until Wednesday to do a children's camp where I will be a part of a team, and teaching English! I am so excited about that!
Also, pray for me emotionally. My mind is consumed of thoughts about leaving, and it absolutely breaks my heart to the point of tears. Pray for my transition back into the States, as I know I will feel so out of place. Thank you so much for the prayers! I love you all!
Morgan Ramsey
Isaiah 6:8
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