Itza lives at Hogar de Amor Children’s Home in Honduras. She is cared for by a young lady in a big house called the Clinic. When she wakes up in the morning, she climbs out of the bed she shares with one or two other orphan girls. She walks across the tile floor and picks some clean clothes out of a giant pile which belongs to everybody. She might walk to the barn with a friend and help carry back a heavy bucket of fresh milk. For breakfast, she usually eats a bowl of rice and milk. Sometimes they have pancakes, and she will have a half of a pancake. If there’s enough, she may have seconds. Someone might brush her hair if they have time and she will hurry off to school to learn science and math and the Bible.
Last Summer, two suitcases came to the orphanage containing 170 brand new dresses and headbands. Itza had the chance to pick out her very own new dress and headband. It may have been the first time she ever had a new outfit of her very own.
Ludwin also lives at Hogar de Amor. He is too old to live in the Clinic because he is older than 7 years old. He is looked after by the bigger boys but mostly takes care of himself. He might go to school if someone remembers to tell him. He has a machete that he uses to climb trees and chop down coconuts and tropical fruit. He helps in the fields planting beans or harvesting sugar cain. If Ludwin has a tummy ache from drinking dirty water, he doesn’t have a mom to help him feel better. He will just keep working, or he might go lay down on his thin, moldy mattress.
Like most boys, Ludwin likes baseball hats. Hats keep him cooler while working in the hot sun. Every once in a while, a visitor from the USA will come and give him their own hat. It would really make him smile if he was given a brand new hat that had never been on anyone else’s head.
Their life is not fancy or even comfortable, but Itza and Ludwin are thankful. If they didn’t live at Hogar de Amor, they would be living on the streets, sleeping in dark alleys, begging for food, and scavenging garbage piles. Their lives would be in danger. They would not know Jesus. They would have no hope.
Would you like to help Itza, Ludwin, and the other children at Hogar de Amor? They are praying for new shoes. With your parent’s help, you can visit the Coffee With Sprinkles page on Facebook to find out how you can help all the children get new shoes and all the boys get new hats.
The physical needs of the children are important, but the greatest way you can help them is by praying for them. Your prayers are bigger than anything else in the whole world.
