This is what we came for.

This is what I have been waiting for.

This is what they’ve been waiting for.

This is what we give for.

And it’s only the first step.

I waited a shore.

Capturing the moment.

Captivated by the moment.

It would take an hour and half to get there, if we drove. So they must cross the river. It’s the fastest way to reach the children. The team hires Guatemala’s version of a ferry — strong men, fighting the currents, and we are ready to help those babies win the fight for their lives.

There was only room for a few in the boat. I waited ashore with the rest. We watched the boat and the rescuers make the arduous journey across the river, and I had no idea what they would be carrying when they returned.

These men, like super-heros, brought the team

and the families safely across.

Fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters — I will never forget the fear, the uncertainty, the helplessnes in their eyes.

Noe’s father cradling him. Noe is 13 years old.

Noel Brewer Yeatts, Vice President of World Help carrying Rosalia.

Margarita is Rosalia’s mama. Rosalia is the youngest of 13 children. She is 4 years old.

The ambulance was waiting with us for the rescues to come.  Once they arrived they were swept up into the arms of those waiting on shore. I was swept over — holding a Rescue, a real life in my hands.

Rosalia, and her 4 year old body betraying her.

Noe sister’s hand on her treasured belongings and the other resting on her beloved brother in the ambulance for the ten minute ride to Hope of Life Rescue Center.

Noe is 13 years old.

 Noel carrying Noe to Hope of Life, to give the life saving treatment he needs, to give him hope for life.

Tomorrow I will be sharing about what happens after the children are rescued and brought to the Rescue center. I appreciate you who have come along on the journey with me. I am grateful for your prayers and for your words of encouragement. I know your heart is breaking along with mine, for the least of these, the ones without voices to ask you for help. So I ask them for you.

Will you join the Rescue? It’s real.

When you give, you are making these rescues possible. Operation Baby Rescue is hoping to save 1000 children by the end of the year.

Operation Baby Rescue —  it is only the first step.