October 10th - Maely arrives in Los Angeles

10-10-10 4:30 PM

We are sitting in the San Francisco airport right now waiting on our next flight which will take us to Los Angeles.  We will be handing Maely over to her host family who will be God’s hands in her life for the next few months.  It has been a wonderful experience for us as God has used us to hug and hold this child that HE loves. 

Its about 7:00PM and we have arrived at LAX.  Maely is only minutes away from meeting her host family that will be taking care of her for the next 2 to 3 months.  I have to admit I was extremely impressed by her courage as she boldly stepped once again into the unknown.

We met Maely’s host  family at the LAX airport at 7:30PM and it was immediately apparent that once again, God has provided only  the very best for HIS child.  Maely will be staying with Kevin, Gabrielle Morgerman and their two children for the next 2 to 3 months as she goes through surgery and a lengthy physical therapy program.  We were praising our God last night after we dropped her off, confident that Maely is good hands and that she will continue her journey of physical, emotional and spiritual healing. 

 

Over the next few months, we will be seeking God’s direction on what HE would have us to do once Maely returns to her village.  We feel the need to provide her family with the means to support her physical and educational needs.  At present, she and 12 other family members share a two room house that has no electricity, no running water, no phone, and no septic system.  There is a school but no school teacher in her village. We have talked about the possibility of funding a school teacher for the village that would not only benefit Maely, but all the other children in her village as well.  Please be praying for guidance and direction that we may stay in the center of  God’s will on this matter.   Pat also had the idea of setting up her Grandmother and Grandfather with a small inventory of supplies they can sell in their village.  We can bring in the initial supply of items on our next trip and set  them up in a small business that will allow them to sustain a steady income.  They can then take the revenue from the sale of this original inventory and begin buying their own supplies for future sale.  This is something else that we will be praying about and seeking God’s will. 

If you look on the The King's Storehouse website and click on the Central America tab, you can click on another tab called Potenciana and see more about her village, including a google earth link that will take you to the area in Honduras where she lives.  If you have google earth loaded on your computer, you can search "Potenciana, Honduras" and google earth will not only take to the exact location of her village, but will also show some photos we took there back in 2009.

Tomorrow, we should have the result of her first Pre-op meeting with the doctors and find out the date and time for her surgery.