Lead me to the cross

Hello all :D
Less than two weeks left. It's so bittersweet. I miss you all so much, but it's going to be so heart breaking to leave the people here.

Stories :]

The other night we were trying to get all the older kids together. A few interested came out for the games... and  as the night went on more and more started to become interested and come out. By the end of the night, they all came out to hear Rebekah's tesimony about her first year teaching and were so interested  that they were asking questions by the end of the night :] When she finished talking they were all saying "That's all??" "Isn't there more?" <3

There's so many stories but I have to go!

Love
Jesi Zinn

PS pray God we continue to keep our eyes on God and not ourselves as we come to the end and we begin to get tired <3

Love like Hurricane

Sometimes I wonder how Jesus doesn't say, "Father, I love my church, i really do... but they rarely talk to me. and when they do talk to me, I feel like they don't mean the words they say. they're always cheating on me. they never understand me. and after all the things i do for them they rarely say thank you. all they want is more and more and more. i feel so used. i ask them to listen to me because i have never given them reason not to and they alwyas listen to someone else. what kind of relationship is this?? i give the gifts and they ignore me. they never cry on my shoulder but someone elses. they're so immature and so proud of the fact that they hurt me. they say they love me, and then are ashamed of our relationship. they are so embarrased of me. they never talk about me to anyone else. they never want to know me. they lack any spirit. any gift you see in them, father, is really me.thats anoher thing... they even take the works i accomplish and claim it for themselves... etc etc etc."

i think of this in light of my own relationship with my boyfriend. If he acted like that I would deem him a "bad" boyfriend and no i wouldnt be head over heels for him. However, we treat Jesus like that every single day and he puts up with us. actually... he loves us with an everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3). He is head over heels for us. He loves us more deeply than anyone could ever love anyone else on earth... he loves us more than the whole world combined could love Jesus. he is head over heels for a lover who cheats and lies. For someone who simply, at their best, could not love him back as much as he loves us. More than that... Jesus is the ultimate love. He is the epitome of love. no love can compare to him. He encompasses a fatherly love, the closeness of a romantic love, the need of a best friend love and, foremost, the love of a savior. He is the only one that will always be there for us. Jesus is my first love. In every way. He has been with me since before my parents and will be with me for the rest of eternity. no one can replace him or even come close.

Those were just some thoughts I've been having.

story time :]

That little boy in my picture on the blog is named Santiago Gutierrez. I do not have favorites at Casa Hogar, but that little boy pulls on my heart. However, lately, he's been throwing me and a lot of other people here the cold shoulder. It hurt me personally. I wrote about it in my personal journal. However, last night he asked to talk. He opened up about problems with some other kids from his school. I prayed for him and encouraged him to pray. He then told me his life story and shared he didn't feel important. Then  I told him how much he has meant to me and past interns and other kids at Casa Hogar and countless other people. Pray for him. <3

Another story is: July 4th! we celebrated Independence day with the kids! Us interns threw a parade with music and balloons and confetti! Then we made a ton of cake for everyone! (Thank you again supporters for donating, we were able to do this for them with ministry money :D ). hahaha it was fun. Of course, this is acapulco, but it was fun to show the kids some American pride ahhaha.

Well I have to go,
Love,
Jesi