I have another opportunity to work with Children's Heart Project! In a couple of weeks I will get to take a little girl home to Honduras. She had her heart surgery here in Denver and is recovering well. I am excited to be involved with one of these children again, and it's a great bonus that I get to go to Honduras! I will get to visit the Hines family, the missionaries that I lived and worked with during the summer of 2010. I have really been missing them and am now counting down the days until I get to see them. It is such a huge blessing to be able to take a side visit to see them after I take the little girl back home to her family. I am looking forward to getting to see the return side of these trips. I imagine it's much different than being with the child and mom when they leave their families and have surgery waiting ahead of them. I can't imagine how excited they will be to have her home and healthy. I'm sure they are anxious to see her again.
Since I returned from Uganda I have been back at my job at the Children's Hospital in Pediatric ICU. It's nice to be back in a "routine", if you can call it that, but it's enough for me. I am mostly living up in Denver to be closer to work, but still coming back to the Springs every couple of weeks. I got to go home to TX for Thanksgiving which I was very grateful for. I was also able to visit my little guy from Uganda while I was there. It was so fun to play with him and see that he could be so active without getting tired. This was just a little added bonus in the midst of seeing my family.
As the end of the year approaches, I honestly don't know if I could recap it in a way that would do it justice. God has been doing so much in my heart and has taken me so many places. I am so grateful to have been able to return to both Honduras and Mongolia. These trips mean so much to me, not so much the places, but the people, and I hope to continue going on these trips each year and even more often when possible. Getting more involved with Children's Heart Project as a transporter has definitely been a high point of the year as well. My trip to Uganda was an amazing experience and I look forward to working with CHP more.
That's mostly the happenings around here. I will post pics when I get back from Honduras. I am excited to see what God has in store for 2012!
For now, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
