Today we visited an orphanage in a beautiful city called Antigua. It use to be the old capital of Guatemala until an earthquake happened in the late 1700's. They even still had many buildings and churches still standing from the 1700's.
Well, the orphanage we went to today was called Manchen. They had approximately 120 girls with ages ranging from 12 - 18. It was so heartbreaking to see and hear individual stories. We saw a 12 year old girl who was pregnant. We just met a teenage girl who just arrived at this orphanage this past Monday because her mother discarded her. We met girls who were sold into sex trafficking by their own family members. We also met a girl who was raped by her dad and so her baby is also her sister. It was just so sad to see so many beautiful, talented girls who were desperate for love.
Because we are going back there tomorrow we do not have a video yet. If you want to see some amazing photos then check out Hailey Moore's blog at http://visionofyou.tumblr.com/. Just click on any of the 1st 3 pics or the 5th pic to view approx. 100 amazing photos.
OH! I wept hard watching this video! Thanks for giving us a glimpse into, and feel for, what you're doing and experiencing. Thank you again all of you for going to hug, hold and love on all of those kids - every little bit helps! Praying for safe travel home tomorrow! Shannon
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