girls’ night!
Valeria’s a model and she’s getting married next summer. Irma’s 18 and just moved to Puebla from Tijuana. Tania is in her 9th semester of architecture and loves playing flag football and cheering on the 49ers, and in her first semester she would wear cat ears and a tail when she went to class. Anaid’s most prized possession as a mechanical engineer are her work boots. Monica and Linda hated each other before starting college because of the basketball rivalries between El Salvador and Guatemala, where they’re from, but now they are roommates and have bonded over being far from home.
Not many things would get all these girls in the same place on a Saturday night, but this weekend, El Pozo had a pajama party and invited all the girls in the ministry, and those girls I mentioned above and many more were so excited to be a part of it! On Saturday evening, we drove across town to the Hancocks’ home (Todd and Tonja are church planters with CMF and moved here this fall from Mexico City and lent us their house for the weekend) and when we got there, we all stuffed our faces full of carne asada, guacamole, and the world’s most delicious flour tortillas (no tea and crumpets at this girls night!). Our friend Juanita Del Angel came to visit us from Pachuca where she and her husband Jorge serve as pastors of a church. Juanita shared with us about learning to appreciate how we are different from one another and how we can still love each other and learn from each other, which was a lesson these girls needed to learn. Too often, girls can form cliques, talk badly about each other to hide their own insecurities, or best case scenario just avoid each other, but this weekend barriers were broken down and new friendships were formed.
I think the kingdom of heaven should look a lot like girls night…the girl wearing cat ears will be hanging out with the model, the basketball player from Guatemala will be laughing with the funny girl who doesn’t leave the house without makeup and heels, and we’ll all be chowing down on carne asada. I’m grateful for the girls who form such a big part of this ministry, for the chance to invest in their lives now, and for the women of Christ that they are becoming.
4 of my favorite girls...and reese's very first girls night!
being girly!
Today join me in praying for the girls of El Pozo…that they will know their identity as God’s daughters and will choose to live that way as well! I love these girls so much and am so grateful that a big part of my job is being able to mentor girls during such a decisive time of their lives.
Much love – Kami