We took a few minutes for a team devotional led by Joan about light. We talked about how we reflect God's light to others, and how sometimes, focusing on the light of God is the only way out of a particularly dark situation.
We walked down to the girls' home to get ready for the seven moms from the prison to visit. These are the moms of our kids who live with their incarcerated husbands in the men's prison. Some of them have been in the women's prison for whatever reason and are now "free." They still have to live in the men's prison because most of them don't have relatives to stay with while their husbands are in prison. We gave them makeup, toothbrushes and toothpaste, nail polish, diapers and other necessities. Mopsy shared a brief devotional with them about God, three in one. It is a comparison of God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) to an apple (peel, flesh, core). We talked with them about their children and they all shared that they feel so blessed to have their children in homes like these. They know that they are eating healthy meals, are taken to school and have help with homework, etc.
Later in the day, we took the eight older boys shopping, just as we did the eight older girls. Those who needed them got new shoes, and everyone got at least one new outfit to wear.
This evening, we took the older boys out to dinner at a traditional mexican restaurant. It was really delicious and we had so much fun visiting with them. The oldest, Ulysis, speaks fairly good english.
We were ready to get back to the hotel for out evening devotional, led by Linda.
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