Making Sense

I'm sitting in a hotel room in Miami waiting to wake up tomorrow so I can fly home to my family. I'm trying to make sense of my trip. I think it will be more effective for me to debrief in a few weeks. Right now, everything is too fresh. It was yesterday that I woke up, rode a trufi into town and back, worked in the after-school center, had dinner with the Timmer's, and flew overnight to Miami. It's too close to what I experienced to make sense of it. Here are my observations so far:

1. The work Mike Timmer is doing is a hugely successful one. He is creating ministries that are effective, self-sustaining, and make a difference in the lives of many.

2. The orphans are a success story, not a sad story. How they get to the orphanage is always a painful experience, but they are there- they've been saved. You can tell on the looks of the kids faces the ones that have been saved and the ones who are lost.




3. The power of the Internet makes Bolivia close to the US. I was able to blog, email, and fix problems at work all while being in a third world developing country. However, the Internet also makes it possible to feel closer to home when far away- the value of which cannot be understated.

More later, but I'm tired...