Am I in a fairy tale?
Like a lot of people, I struggle with appreciating God’s grace and love for me. Somehow this is especially true when it comes to salvation, in my case. I hear about it all the time and, I don’t want to…
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Like a lot of people, I struggle with appreciating God’s grace and love for me. Somehow this is especially true when it comes to salvation, in my case. I hear about it all the time and, I don’t want to…
What happens when you reach rock bottom? When everyone there you consider your “brothers” and sisters” because you’ve known them for so long? Maybe this is time to dig your own grave. There’s only so many years you can lay…
God has me in this extremely vulnerable state right now. I’m learning surrender, grace, heartbreak, submission, faith, obedience, and love. I’ve learned a lot of these at one time or another but there is a severe difference between those instances…
On April 23, 2010 Welcome walked by himself for the fist time. This might seem like a normal thing for a baby to do. But this is different because of Welcome’s story. When Welcome came to Michael’s Children Village, Iris…
One of my favorite places that I spent time at was this Iris Ministries Base. It is called Michael’s Childrens Village and it is different from other Iris Ministries orphanages that you will find in Southern Africa or India and…
Jesus knows me so well. People say God knows us better than we know ourselves, and I can attest that this is true. Me coming on this trip is a testimony to that. Before God wrecked me for the rest…
This is going to sound weird, but I feel like it is Christmas right now. When I tried to explain this to my team, they didn’t really understand me. Then a couple of days ago, when one of my teammates…
Yep, you guessed correctly. I, Caitlyn Noelle Evangelista, got lice. For some reason I thought you couldn’t get lice in Africa, and I was so wrong. I got the lice my first day at the orphanage, but didn’t discover that…
So I will be leaving Africa three weeks from tonight. It feels like this morning I woke up early on a chilly Mexican morning to finish packing to leave for Africa. How is it possible that almost 6 months have…