For the last three years my dream has been to go to teach in an orphanage. The only thing was the fact that the United States does not have an orphanage system anymore (which is a GREAT thing), but I do not necessarily feel called oversees for more than a couple weeks at a time. Would I love to go back to Honduras for a couple of weeks on a mission trip? YES. Do I want to pack up and move their to teach full-time. No.
So where did this passion leave me? I really had no idea, I was just trusting my Father to guide me through college and open the doors that needed to be opened for this dream to turn into a tangible vision that I could pursue.
Y'all. I think I am beginning to get an inkling about what that might look like.
This past month at Breakaway we have been working on raising money to support a couple of ministries who are fighting to free present day slaves. We are supporting the International Justice Mission who goes into hostile environments and pulls children and women out of slavery and human traffiking. We are supporting Tiny Hands International who are building homes in Nepal on the border of India to stop and protect children from being trafficked across the border. Then we are supporting a local ministry called Restore Her which is a part of Still Creek Ranch which helps children recover and provide them a safe bed.
How great are those ministries? Tonight we had a guest speaker who started up Restore Her. I got interested and looked up Still Creek Ranch to see what it was all about. And what did I find? They have their own school! I lit up when I found this - their school functions to serve the students at Still Creek. To serve those who have been given up on, turned away and neglected.
I think I might have found my "American orphanage". I am so excited to dig further into this and see what this might mean for my plans after graduation!
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