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The Hogar de Amor orphanage.

Day 4! I’m getting to that point where I don’t want to leave:(

By Ashlee Milton
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 I’m truly starting to fall in love with the community and connections with the people here. A week will never be enough time, so I won’t waste a second!  Which is why today was a little hard! It ended up ending as a rest day and I had to remind myself, that I have to take time for myself in order to be my best self.  But to start off our day we ofc had our morning devotional, Dan led it today because Steve went to the mother recovery home, where they help the mothers of children who are in the system, to help them get back up on their feet! I decided not to go and to sleep in since we were up so late, and I’m glad I did because I got some more personal time with other members in the group.  Afterwards we made our way over to the main orphanage that we’ve been at a lot! Our leaders asked us if we wanted to do more work, play with the kids or both and ofc we said both!  So we made our way over and within seconds, the kids started coming up to me asking for a “fot...
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Day 3/ my body may hurt but my heart is full!

By Ashlee Milton
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 We just got back home from the middle school girls home after a long day or working out in the sun so I’m exhausted!  To start off the day we woke up and had a market kind of breakfast, with local cereals, and yogurts and fruits. We all ate while we did our morning devotional where we disgusted being able to focus past distractions! And those seemed to happen a lot today! Either during our devotional, or during a conversation!  Afterwards we made our way around the corner to the main orphanage where they have the 6-10 ish boys and girls home. (This is the one we stopped by the other day. The church that built these orphanages has expanded throughout the years but I believe there’s about 14 homes. Mainly around each other but some are a good distance away) as we get there the kids start coming over to say there hellos and to see what we have planned for the day!  As I was taking some pictures some of the kids noticed I had my camera and started asking for a “foto”. W...
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