dame tus ojos.

Dame tus ojos quiero ver (give me your eyes, i want to see)
Dame tus palabras, quiero hablar (give me your words, i want to speak)
Dame tu parecer (give me your image)

Dame tus pies, yo quiero ir (give me your feet, I want to go)
Dame tus deseos para sentir (give me your desires so I can feel)
Dame tu parecer (give me your image)

Dame lo que necesito (give me what I need)
Para ser como tu (So I can be like you)

Last night at our house church we sang these words. We sing this song often and I like it. I like the melody. I like the words. But never has it touched my heart the way it did last night, moving me to tears. Because last night the words felt so much more literal.

E is 18. I've only know her and her family for about a month. Her mother and siblings are victims of domestic violence. E and her siblings V and D all have a genetic disorder that has left them nearly blind. Only their younger brother has gone to school because he presents as "normal" and the school would accept him.

D is pretty much mute and cannot answer simple questions such as What is your name? Their mother, J cares for all four of her children plus the youngest, a two year old, who is actually E's child, the result of being victimized. My heart breaks for this family.

As we worshipped last night E flipped through the song book but could not find the right song. She asked me to open the book to the right place and then she opened D's book to the same song. E held the song book really close to her face and tried to follow along.

Dame tus ojos quiero ver.

D held the song book but not knowing how to read or speak just swayed along to the music ever so often turning to me and smiling.

Dame tus palabras quiero hablar.

Never have the words been so real. And so I sat fighting back the tears and praying that God would hear our prayers. That he would give them his sight and his voice.

Dame to parecer.

And that he would make me more like him.

So far we have been able to give them food and a two members of our church are allowing them to stay on their property rent free as well as have given J work at their panadería. They are also a part of our new health project and have seen a doctor but finding people to do genetic studies and fund their eye exams and glasses. We are in contact with a government agency that helps victims of domestic violence so please pray with me that God would hear our prayers and lead us to the right services and assistance for this family.

Déjame ver lo que tu vez (Let me see what you see)
Dame de tu gracia, tu poder (Give me your grace, your power)
Dame tu corazón (Give me your heart)
Déjame ver en tu interior (Let me see you deeply)
Para ser cambiado por tu amor (So that I will be changed by your love)
Dame tu corazón (Give me your heart)