Casa de Fe

More available art!

Melissa Medlin — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:29:31 +0000

From Melissa Medlin’s blog:

#40 Ana

#39 Javier

#38 Javier

#37 Javier

#36 Abigail

#35 Rosa

#34 Thalia

#33 Marcia

#32 Jenny
#31 Alondra

#30 Alondra

#29 Alondra

#28 Wilson


#27 Alondra

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More Art

Melissa Medlin — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:50:06 +0000

From Melissa Medlin’s blog:

#26 Greis

#25 Greis

#24 Greis

#24 Martin

#23 Martin

#22 Greis

#21 Greis

#20 Greis

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Art #3!

Melissa Medlin — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:51:13 +0000

From Melissa Medlin’s blog:

#13 Wilson

#14 Alondra

#15 Wilson

#16 Alondra

#17 Wilson

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Art #2!

Melissa Medlin — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:54:26 +0000

From Melissa Medlin’s blog:

#6 Jenny

#7 Jenny

#8 Rosa

#9 Rosa

#10 Rosa

#11 Rosa


#12 Maria

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Available Art

Melissa Medlin — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:38:49 +0000

From Melissa Medlin’s blog:


#1 Julisa

#2 Rosa

#3 Rubi

#4 Rubi

#5 Rubi

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November to February

Megan Shepherd — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:02:03 +0000

From Megan Ann Shepherd’s blog:

The attachment below sums up the months from November to February.

Enjoy. Blessings.

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Rag Dolls

Melissa Medlin — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:11:18 +0000

From Melissa Medlin’s blog:

I am so blessed to say that I absolutely LOVE my job. I love that in all of my classes I get to be creative with some of the most creative kids in the world.

At the end of this month Casa de Fe is hosting the 2nd annual Art Show. I am so excited to show off all of the hard work that these kids have put into their art work.

I have already had so many people asking if there is a way to buy the kids artwork! If you are interested in a piece of art made by one of the kids, please send me an email (melissa@lacasadefe.org) with your address and which piece you’d like and we can gladly send you what you want if it is available. When you email about the artwork I will send you more information on how you can make a “suggested donation” to Casa de Fe for the piece.

Here are some pictures from the rag dolls we have been working on!

Maribel

Marcia

Talia

Rosa

Jennifer

Pile of Rag Dolls


Finished Product

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Sad yet Rejoicing

Megan Shepherd — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:46:55 +0000

From Megan Ann Shepherd’s blog:

Today was a bitter sweet day at Casa de Fe. Today on Palm Sunday one of our sweet babies went to be with Jesus. His was Logan and he was about 20 months old. Here is what Patti Sue our director wrote about Logan in her last newsletter

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Samuel

Kelcy Gallagher — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:15:00 +0000

From Kelcy Gallagher’s blog:

Samuel

Today was one of the hardest days of my life. It started out like any other day. I woke up, read the good Word. Went to church then spent the afternoon at Casa de Fe making Cheesecake with all the girls there. But what happened next will be engrained in my memory for the rest of my life. As we were wrapping up our baking, the police pull up to our front doors with a two-year-old boy ( who we have named Samuel) in tow. Covered from head to toe in dirt, with a terrified look on his face, the police begin to tell us how a woman brought him in after seeing him all day at the local Puyo market abandoned with nobody in sight to claim him. I couldn’t tell at first, but as Talia and I took him in to bathe him, we removed the dirty clothes and the sight brought tears to my eyes. He was so malnourished that all we could see was skin and bones. Our chins hit the floor and our stomachs began to turn in knots. His stomach was big from the malnutrition but his ribcage was sticking out and you could see the parasites moving around in his stomach. As I lathered his tiny legs, if you could even call them that, I could no longer fight back the tears that I had been holding back. As we continued to remove the dirt which seemed like it was one with his skin, we started to reveal the scars and burns that were all over his body. Even Talia was in shock that someone could get to that state, and said “he looks like the kids from Africa you see on TV”. This child, this precious son of God, had been neglected by the people who should have been caring for him most on this earth. My heart was broken and angry at the same time for his boy so I decided to pray. As I prayed over this little boy whose whole life is still before him, knowing that he had experienced hardship probably from the day he was born, way before anyone should ever have to experience that kind of hardship, God reminded me that His heart is broken for Samuel way more then mine and that He loves him and has a plan for this little boys life. My anger from before was replaced by peace knowing that Samuel was now safe and able to get the care and nourishment he needed. Samuel, this precious child, has been set aside for God’s glory. He is chosen, He is loved. Please join with me in praying for this little boy as he gets back to health and that he would adjust to living with his new family at Casa de Fe.

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3rd Grade Art

Melissa Medlin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:49:03 +0000

From Melissa Medlin’s blog:

“Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder.”

Eberhard Arnold

Spring Flowers
Alondra, Age 8

For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your book were written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet existed.

Pslam 139:13-16

Paper Weaving
Alondra, Age 8

See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are ever before me.

Isaiah 49:16

Shadow Hand
Wilson, Age 9

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”

Pablo Picasso

Winter Trees
Wilson, Age 9

You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.
Revelation 4:11

Our God is the Master artist. He uses color (experiences) and different textures (people) in our lives to mold us into the person He wants us to be.

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