Wouldn’t be appropriate to give this thankful shoutout to anyone else other than BIRTHDAY GIRL STELLA CATHCART!
Yeah, I know this post is being posted a day late, but it was FOR your birthday!
Stella is the Outreach Director at Lifepoint Church. We love Stella because she is passionate in her position, she does whatever she can to advocate for us and for missions within our church. She stays in contact with us and I can always count on her to pray for us. She is bubbly, sociable, and hilarious. To know Stella is to love her!
One thing that we really love to do here in Guatemala is hang out with the families from Safe Haven Village. Safe Haven is a village of American missionaries doing family style orphan care here at Hope of Life. 2 of these families are from Lifepoint as well, and the third family that has become dear friends of ours is from Fredericksburg as well.
On Sundays, Bryan leads worship with Phil and Caleb Monk and John Rule. Usually, one of John’s kids (David or Julian) will use the computer to keep lyrics up on the screen. On Wednesdays, they do the same at the orphanage at Hope of Life.
Tuesdays, we have started having game nights with the Monk family. So fun to grow closer to the family and teach them new games. This past Sunday, we had a fun night of watching Up, eating pizza, and eating popcorn at our house. It’s little moments like this that make our lives here just feel normal. It’s moments like this that grow our bond and our community. It’s moments like this that we know God is glorified as we strengthen and empower kids who are no longer orphans as we live out James 1:27 with the families from Safe Haven.
Thank you, belated birthday girl Stella, and thank YOU everyone else for being a part of this!
You are loved.
-Whitney
