Saturday, May 8, 2010
Day ???
Wow, we're finally home! We left the Mountain village 32 hours ago. What a long day! the good news is all of our luggage made it back, and we didn't lose anyone either! (although we had to make sure Tracy had her passport, iphone, and anything else that she left behind, :O) The whole team is exhausted, but the memories of the trip is keeping smiles on all of the faces. I just got out of the first hot shower that I've had in 10 days, and am sitting in my easy chair in the living room. There are so many little things like electricity and hot water and just the comfort of a warm home, that we take for granted.
This was a great trip. The team was awesome! We had a diverse mix of personalities, background, experience, and talent, and each person excelled at their little niche, and added so much to round out the team. I guess God knew what He was doing when He called each of these people. :O) well, I've just been staring at my laptop now for about 5 minutes, and almost nodded off, and my brain hurts, so I'm going to try to get some rest and try this again tomorrow.
Bruce.
May 6
Thursday morning began with breakfast at 7:30. We began preparing the VBS for all of the school children which we thought would begin at 9:00 AM. However, once we were setup outside the school, we learned from the teachers that the kids would be in school until 10:30 AM. As a result we had more time to prepare for the lesson and the games. Some of us had the opportunity to help Brenda, Theresa, Marcy, Aaron, and Jessica in the medical clinic. The adults had the option of taking a vision test and being fitted with eye glasses as necessary. Many were pleasantly surprised when they could see with greater clarity. The medical clinic was a huge success. Many children and adults were treated and given basic vitamins, medicines, and tooth care. Others from our team had the opportunity to share the gospel with a group of school children that walked seven miles to take part in the clinic and VBS. Many had never heard of Jesus. As a result many kids gave their life to Christ. After a brief lunch we were able to start the bible school for the day. We began by acting out the story of Jesus and the coin found in the fishes mouth. We followed this with games and stations where the kids could color, recite a bible verse, have a gummy bear eating contest, and hear more about the Bible. Toward the end of the day Aaron and Jessica took the truck to return the kids from the next village back to their homes. This saved them from walking another seven miles. Supper included roasting hot dogs outside over the fire. At 7 PM the Jesus film was shown in the church. The entire congregation was focused on this powerful film for 2 hours. Bruce gave a message after the film and several children chose to accept Christ. Bruce shared with us later that the church leaders had been praying for help in reaching their children. What an answer to prayer. We said a final farewell to the members of the church. The evening concluded with our final time of stretch and bless. We shared what was the most powerful event of the week and what lessons we would take home. Many people mentioned how blessed we were to work with the children, the reminder shared of how blessed we are with physical items (fresh water, toilets, cars, etc.), and the blessing of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with the Bolivian people. This was a very long day, time to turn in and prepare to head for home tomorrow! - Jason
May 5th
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
We celebrated by waking up to a 4am alarm, threw on our clothes and headed to the bus for a 4:45am departure and 5 hour bus ride to the remote mountain village of Quillaorgo, this means moon hill. Unfortunately Rendee was getting sicker and she decided to stay back where medical help would be more readily available if she should need it. It was sad to leave one of our team members behind but we knew God would use her in a special way at the PDV campus. Our devotion on the bus was from Philippians 2:14-36. "Do everything without grumbling or complaining…" Just the passage we needed to put us in the right frame of mind for the 2 days ahead of us; Sleeping in tents in 40 degree weather, cooking outside, playing with the kids on the dirt field, no showers or bathrooms, well, no indoor bathrooms anyway. The challenge was finding the perfect place to create our own bathroom aka. a tree or a rock. The best part of our banos was the view of the valley and the mountains on the other side. I wish my bathroom at home had such a view! Our 5 hour bus ride only got us so close to the village. We unloaded the luggage, supplies and people on a flatbed truck that could navigate the rugged terrain and get us to the village. We unloaded our supplies, set up our tents, and had a half hour to spare before our VBS started. Our Bible story was Jesus healing the blind man. We played lots of games with the kids in which they were blindfolded. They loved all of the games and the songs that we sang. Their smiling faces encouraged us. While we were conducting the VBS, Brenda and Teresa, our capable nurses conducted a medical clinic and not only saw the children of the village but their parents as well. After lunch we enjoyed a competitive game of soccer aka. football with the children. School was over at 3 and the children went home because some of them had to walk 2 hours to get home and needed to get there before dark. We enjoyed a nice break and dinner before our evening church service. Jason preached a great message to the people of the church continuing with our theme of Jesus healing the blind man. The 35 people in attendance seemed to enjoy the service and music, we did too. Our stretch an blessed was shared around a roaring campfire, which was a blessing in the 40 degree temps. Off to bed hoping the weight of our luggage and our bodies would keep the tents from blowing off the mountain. We are thankful for the children we were able to minister to today and are looking forward to an awesome day tomorrow.
-Gail
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Day 5
The morning started with Gail giving our morning Devotional with James 3 about sharp tongues and the damage such a small part of our total body can do. Then the women and I raced to get loads of laundry done and hung out before we started our strenuous day . . . btw no clothes lines, but big bricks work well!.. Then we broke up into two teams – Team 1 was responsible for raking rocks, yes I said raking rocks, out of the driveway and against the wall of the Lydia house to allow for a smoother driveway and grass to be planted along the wall. Team 2 got to drive up the mountain and collect rocks. Here in Bolivia, because there is an abundance of natural rocks, they put them in the foundation and then pour cement around it (also saving on cement $). Jason learned that so far to date, this campus has been built using 1800 loads of rocks off the property - - - we did 2!! Both teams were EXHAUSTED needless to say by lunch. We had lunch with the students and then no rest for the missionaries, Team 1 went up the mountain with Team 2 and a few other folks. Alan was able to install a Pencil Sharpener from his sponsor, which was a struggle as tools are not abundant here at Palabra de Vida. At the same time, another group had the fun duty of assembling the tents for the mountains and inspecting them. FYI, they were not together, tents, poles, stakes, bags . . . all over, none with the right stuff and missing things everywhere. However, after much aggravation and ingenious thought, they were able to assemble 7 tents for our trip to the mountains. Then all the teams came together to pack the tents and load the bus. We had empanadas for dinner and back to the Lydia house for stretch and bless. As you can imagine most of our stretching was laborious!! A very long and strenuous day and I thought delivering packages was bad, but knowing our work is the foundation for a dorm to educate and train future missionaries made it worth the while. It is 9pm and we are heading to bed as we have to be loaded and en route at 4:45am for a 5 hour bus ride into the mountains to start our 3 day trip to a remote village.
(P.S. This is my second time coming here and I am still receiving many more blessings. I find the Bolivian people to be caring and giving people and enjoy so much spending time with them. . . I feel the 3rd trip coming ! Thank you so much to our sponsors for making this happen)
Much love to my family, miss them so,
Callie
Day 4
Dear People of North America.
Monday, May 03, 2010
The day started out great with scrambled eggs and ham, and a devotional by Tracy from James chapter 2. From there we packed up the Trufi, (the Helping Hands van) and headed to the prison school. In Bolivia, when a man goes to prison, his whole family goes with him. The children are let out each day to attend school, and then sent back to the prison to be with their families. This was a great opportunity to spend time with these kids, and share the gospel with them. We sang some songs with them, played some games, and brought them a bible lesson. Before we left, we were able to spend some one on one time with the kids. Several of the kids including Ludien, (the boy I talked to) accepted Christ as their savior. I told him that we may never see each other again, but some day, I'll be able to see him again in heaven. What a wonderful experience.
From there we went to la concha, the South America's biggest open air market. It was quite an experience. We were able to pick up several souvenirs and gifts and no one in our group got mugged. J The ladies could have spent all day there, but we had to move on.
After a great lunch at the pizza place, (yes, you can get great pizza even in Bolivia) we finally got to see the Statue of Christ. The Trufi seats 14 people, but we crammed 21 people in it, and drove up the mountain without guard rails looking straight down the mountain. Yes, there was a lot of praying today!!! Most of you are familiar with the statue in Rio, most people think that it is the largest statue of Christ in the world, but Bolivia did not want to be out done, so they made theirs three feet higher. We got some great photos, and then headed to Kara Kara.
At Kara Kara we returned to the houses that we visited last Friday to do some follow up visits. In the past, we just did door to door, and then never saw the people again. This was a great opportunity to see the people again and build some relationships with them. We heard many great stories from the team.
Then it was off to Chinese food, (we came all the way to Bolivia to eat Pizza and Chinese food) after our experience on Sunday, we took turns guarding the vans while the rest of the team ate. I got a lot of very strange looks from the locals as they passed by me. Apparently a white guy playing a guitar on the street corner is not a very common site in Bolivia. :O)
Tomorrow will be a very physical day as we will get to start construction on the new dormitory for the campus. The first step will be to gather rocks as this is the main staple for their building materials. So we're off to try to get a good night's rest for tomorrow will be mucho duro trabajo!
Monday, May 03, 2010
The day started out great with scrambled eggs and ham, and a devotional by Tracy from James chapter 2. From there we packed up the Trufi, (the Helping Hands van) and headed to the prison school. In Bolivia, when a man goes to prison, his whole family goes with him. The children are let out each day to attend school, and then sent back to the prison to be with their families. This was a great opportunity to spend time with these kids, and share the gospel with them. We sang some songs with them, played some games, and brought them a bible lesson. Before we left, we were able to spend some one on one time with the kids. Several of the kids including Ludien, (the boy I talked to) accepted Christ as their savior. I told him that we may never see each other again, but some day, I'll be able to see him again in heaven. What a wonderful experience.
From there we went to la concha, the South America's biggest open air market. It was quite an experience. We were able to pick up several souvenirs and gifts and no one in our group got mugged. J The ladies could have spent all day there, but we had to move on.
After a great lunch at the pizza place, (yes, you can get great pizza even in Bolivia) we finally got to see the Statue of Christ. The Trufi seats 14 people, but we crammed 21 people in it, and drove up the mountain without guard rails looking straight down the mountain. Yes, there was a lot of praying today!!! Most of you are familiar with the statue in Rio, most people think that it is the largest statue of Christ in the world, but Bolivia did not want to be out done, so they made theirs three feet higher. We got some great photos, and then headed to Kara Kara.
At Kara Kara we returned to the houses that we visited last Friday to do some follow up visits. In the past, we just did door to door, and then never saw the people again. This was a great opportunity to see the people again and build some relationships with them. We heard many great stories from the team.
Then it was off to Chinese food, (we came all the way to Bolivia to eat Pizza and Chinese food) after our experience on Sunday, we took turns guarding the vans while the rest of the team ate. I got a lot of very strange looks from the locals as they passed by me. Apparently a white guy playing a guitar on the street corner is not a very common site in Bolivia. :O)
Tomorrow will be a very physical day as we will get to start construction on the new dormitory for the campus. The first step will be to gather rocks as this is the main staple for their building materials. So we're off to try to get a good night's rest for tomorrow will be mucho duro trabajo!
-Bruce
Monday, May 3, 2010
Blessings in Bolivia Abound!
We awakened to delicious pancakes with a special sauce. Muy deliciosa!
Alan presented an excellent devotion to get our day started. James 1: 16-27
We attended the morning service at ICEM the church in Kara Kara. We were greeted with a special sign written in English welcoming us to their church. We joined in the song service with songs in both Spanish and Quechuan. There was a brief testimony service and then the children were dismissed into three Sunday School classes being instructed by our team members. Bruce presented a powerful message. The congregation was exceptionally attentive.
After service we attempted to visit the Cristo Statue. We saw him peeking over the mountain and later reigning in the mountain. We didn't get to make it to the attraction because we had a reservation for dinner at La Estancia. The food was excellent. We will be loosening our belts before we make it home. Unfortunately, while we were dining our vehicles were broken into and several items were stolen. Juan, the director of Palabra de Vida, called us into a circle. We prayed about the situation and it helped us put things into perspective. We are thankful that everyone is safe and it was only material items that were taken. Our spirits are not broken, we will not let Satan discourage us and we will forge on with our mission.
Later we did a scouting visit to a new orphanage. There were 24 children, aged 18 months to 5 years. We performed a skit, played games, sang songs, made crafts and we laughed a lot. The children who were initially apprehensive about the invading "gringos" waved goodbye to us and blew us kisses.
We had a full day. Hopefully we will have a great night's sleep and look forward to the blessings to come.
-Teresa
Alan presented an excellent devotion to get our day started. James 1: 16-27
We attended the morning service at ICEM the church in Kara Kara. We were greeted with a special sign written in English welcoming us to their church. We joined in the song service with songs in both Spanish and Quechuan. There was a brief testimony service and then the children were dismissed into three Sunday School classes being instructed by our team members. Bruce presented a powerful message. The congregation was exceptionally attentive.
After service we attempted to visit the Cristo Statue. We saw him peeking over the mountain and later reigning in the mountain. We didn't get to make it to the attraction because we had a reservation for dinner at La Estancia. The food was excellent. We will be loosening our belts before we make it home. Unfortunately, while we were dining our vehicles were broken into and several items were stolen. Juan, the director of Palabra de Vida, called us into a circle. We prayed about the situation and it helped us put things into perspective. We are thankful that everyone is safe and it was only material items that were taken. Our spirits are not broken, we will not let Satan discourage us and we will forge on with our mission.
Later we did a scouting visit to a new orphanage. There were 24 children, aged 18 months to 5 years. We performed a skit, played games, sang songs, made crafts and we laughed a lot. The children who were initially apprehensive about the invading "gringos" waved goodbye to us and blew us kisses.
We had a full day. Hopefully we will have a great night's sleep and look forward to the blessings to come.
-Teresa
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Day 2
Hey folks,
We had a very active day here as we had a sport camp here on the property and had just fewer than 900 young folks from as far away as La Paz. The expectation was to have 2000 people but there was a blockade from protesters and the police do nothing about them. So not everyone that was coming could make it to the camp do to the blockade(these can go on from 1 hour to 3 days). These are some very athletic and wonderfully kind kids who showed that to everyone. We started the day with a very enlightened devotional from Debra on the first few verses from James and breakfast cooked by our team then we all went to work here. Bruce and I were given our first task of the day. We had to mix cement and help finish a sidewalk on Dr. K's house. This proved to be some very exhausting work as not only was it very filthy and physical (we are way up in altitude, heavy Breathing). Bruce and I did this in great Spirit as all of us did. Most of the rest of the crew has made an incredible lunch of some kind of meat and cut up a lot of tomatoes and potatoes. They swapped off with others that were outside promoting and selling hotdogs and sodas to our visitors for the day. Callie and Marcie played some very nice volley ball and were entered in the finals. The real fun for them was to meet in a casual setting with the Bolivian woman they played with and against. Bruce was given the task of weed eating and I thought I was out of the physical labor. Unknown to me I was going back at it after lunch. Very physical day for Bruce and I. God moves us when we are doing his work and we prepared all day to go to the church in Kara Kara. We gave the entire service in this dirt floored church. This is our second visit to this church and one of many from the Helping Hands organization. Thomas the head of the church has given his life to the people in this area of Bolivia. You adore him the moment you meet him. We started the service with songs and then split into four groups for games and lessons for the kids. My group of 9 teenagers named ourselves "The believers". They are amazing! 35 or 40 teenagers attended on a Saturday night with a festival going on. We had some good humor and I played the blind man and Bruce played Jesus for a skit to go along with the sermon. Jason preached for the first time and did a very nice job even though they had a lot of distractions. Rendee told her story of coming to Christ and one of the teenagers told hers. Both these stories connected with us and teenager. When we finished we all talked and became friends with some of the people at the church. I really connected with a 20 year old named Ramone who went with us door to door yesterday. He is very bright and a really good communicator. We got back to the Lydia House around 10 for stretch and bless. Each member of our team tells of their day. I would tell you but frankly I am so tired I must go to bed. I am blessed by all the people I am here with and the people I have met. All of my sponsors at home have blessed me in ways you cannot know. There that was half of it. Good night, as I have to give the devotional in the morning further on in James 1:16-27.
-Alan
We had a very active day here as we had a sport camp here on the property and had just fewer than 900 young folks from as far away as La Paz. The expectation was to have 2000 people but there was a blockade from protesters and the police do nothing about them. So not everyone that was coming could make it to the camp do to the blockade(these can go on from 1 hour to 3 days). These are some very athletic and wonderfully kind kids who showed that to everyone. We started the day with a very enlightened devotional from Debra on the first few verses from James and breakfast cooked by our team then we all went to work here. Bruce and I were given our first task of the day. We had to mix cement and help finish a sidewalk on Dr. K's house. This proved to be some very exhausting work as not only was it very filthy and physical (we are way up in altitude, heavy Breathing). Bruce and I did this in great Spirit as all of us did. Most of the rest of the crew has made an incredible lunch of some kind of meat and cut up a lot of tomatoes and potatoes. They swapped off with others that were outside promoting and selling hotdogs and sodas to our visitors for the day. Callie and Marcie played some very nice volley ball and were entered in the finals. The real fun for them was to meet in a casual setting with the Bolivian woman they played with and against. Bruce was given the task of weed eating and I thought I was out of the physical labor. Unknown to me I was going back at it after lunch. Very physical day for Bruce and I. God moves us when we are doing his work and we prepared all day to go to the church in Kara Kara. We gave the entire service in this dirt floored church. This is our second visit to this church and one of many from the Helping Hands organization. Thomas the head of the church has given his life to the people in this area of Bolivia. You adore him the moment you meet him. We started the service with songs and then split into four groups for games and lessons for the kids. My group of 9 teenagers named ourselves "The believers". They are amazing! 35 or 40 teenagers attended on a Saturday night with a festival going on. We had some good humor and I played the blind man and Bruce played Jesus for a skit to go along with the sermon. Jason preached for the first time and did a very nice job even though they had a lot of distractions. Rendee told her story of coming to Christ and one of the teenagers told hers. Both these stories connected with us and teenager. When we finished we all talked and became friends with some of the people at the church. I really connected with a 20 year old named Ramone who went with us door to door yesterday. He is very bright and a really good communicator. We got back to the Lydia House around 10 for stretch and bless. Each member of our team tells of their day. I would tell you but frankly I am so tired I must go to bed. I am blessed by all the people I am here with and the people I have met. All of my sponsors at home have blessed me in ways you cannot know. There that was half of it. Good night, as I have to give the devotional in the morning further on in James 1:16-27.
-Alan
Saturday, May 1, 2010
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Hola Amigos!
What an amazing full day we had :) our flight left Miami at 11pm - they fed us at midnight and some of us fell asleep at 1:30 while others were later which made our 5am arrival in Santa Cruz a fun challenge. Thanks to Aaron's skillful negotiations he was able to fast track us through the Visa and Immigration lines AND back through security! We arrived in Cochabomba at 8am ready and raring to go!
A few Bolivian observations : the Gov't is very suspect of American dollars, the visa line took forever because they scrutinize every bill - if only we were so diligent with our moeny! And the mass of people crowded around the arrivals was like the academy awards without flashbulbs :)
We road the Missions bus outside of Cochabomba on the road to Tarata on Lake Angustura - which is beautiful and the splendor of the view is inspiring! It was and hour ride, we had 35 minutes to unpack everything and then went on a tour of the Palaba de Vida (word of life) campus. We met many amazing missionaires who are giving their lives and family to God in this country where hope is needed.
We had lunch grabbed our bags and left for Kara Kara! We arrived at Gloria de Dios (Glory of God) and met up with members of the church and a few other missionaires/translators. Kara Kara is a large shanty village that is on the towns old landfill/garbage dump. We separated in groups and after direction and guidance, we started going door to door meeting and speaking to the residents. It was so humbling to meet and speak to them. The teams all had fascinating stories of helping people and explaining the Joy of Christ and the hope the he gives. We had one woman crying over her fears, 2 men who quit working and started asking some detailed questions about faith and the trinity and a few people who accepted Christ We will be following up in a few days. After 4 hours of walking around we returned home to get ready for the evenings events - only to discover the womens shower not only did not have hot water, but water was a challenge. A few braved the cold
water but we all found the humor in it and nothing could detract from our joy of the day.
We had a birthday celebration for Dinner for the head of Palabra Vida and got to meet and interact with many of the missionaires and students of the evangelism college. Then we had the pleasure of serving these amazing people by washing the dishes of 200+ people. It was arduous work, but we enjoyed serving those who are serving others!
We returned to Lydia house to debrief on the day in our "stretching and blessings" where we all shared where God's prompts had stretched us in the day and the blessings we witnessed. It is so wonderful to hear what God had worked in all of us this day and the people that were impacted. At 11:30 we climbed into bed after 48 hours of going strong with less than 3 hours of sleep. We set our alarms for 6am thankful for the day and a hope for tomorrows youth sports tournament and revival!!!
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Hola Amigos!
What an amazing full day we had :) our flight left Miami at 11pm - they fed us at midnight and some of us fell asleep at 1:30 while others were later which made our 5am arrival in Santa Cruz a fun challenge. Thanks to Aaron's skillful negotiations he was able to fast track us through the Visa and Immigration lines AND back through security! We arrived in Cochabomba at 8am ready and raring to go!
A few Bolivian observations : the Gov't is very suspect of American dollars, the visa line took forever because they scrutinize every bill - if only we were so diligent with our moeny! And the mass of people crowded around the arrivals was like the academy awards without flashbulbs :)
We road the Missions bus outside of Cochabomba on the road to Tarata on Lake Angustura - which is beautiful and the splendor of the view is inspiring! It was and hour ride, we had 35 minutes to unpack everything and then went on a tour of the Palaba de Vida (word of life) campus. We met many amazing missionaires who are giving their lives and family to God in this country where hope is needed.
We had lunch grabbed our bags and left for Kara Kara! We arrived at Gloria de Dios (Glory of God) and met up with members of the church and a few other missionaires/translators. Kara Kara is a large shanty village that is on the towns old landfill/garbage dump. We separated in groups and after direction and guidance, we started going door to door meeting and speaking to the residents. It was so humbling to meet and speak to them. The teams all had fascinating stories of helping people and explaining the Joy of Christ and the hope the he gives. We had one woman crying over her fears, 2 men who quit working and started asking some detailed questions about faith and the trinity and a few people who accepted Christ We will be following up in a few days. After 4 hours of walking around we returned home to get ready for the evenings events - only to discover the womens shower not only did not have hot water, but water was a challenge. A few braved the cold water but we all found the humor in it and nothing could detract from our joy of the day.
We had a birthday celebration for Dinner for the head of Palabra Vida and got to meet and interact with many of the missionaires and students of the evangelism college. Then we had the pleasure of serving these amazing people by washing the dishes of 200+ people. It was arduous work, but we enjoyed serving those who are serving others!
We returned to Lydia house to debrief on the day in our "stretching and blessings" where we all shared where God's prompts had stretched us in the day and the blessings we witnessed. It is so wonderful to hear what God had worked in all of us this day and the people that were impacted. At 11:30 we climbed into bed after 48 hours of going strong with less than 3 hours of sleep. We set our alarms for 6am thankful for the day and a hope for tomorrows youth sports tournament and revival.
What an amazing full day we had :) our flight left Miami at 11pm - they fed us at midnight and some of us fell asleep at 1:30 while others were later which made our 5am arrival in Santa Cruz a fun challenge. Thanks to Aaron's skillful negotiations he was able to fast track us through the Visa and Immigration lines AND back through security! We arrived in Cochabomba at 8am ready and raring to go!
A few Bolivian observations : the Gov't is very suspect of American dollars, the visa line took forever because they scrutinize every bill - if only we were so diligent with our moeny! And the mass of people crowded around the arrivals was like the academy awards without flashbulbs :)
We road the Missions bus outside of Cochabomba on the road to Tarata on Lake Angustura - which is beautiful and the splendor of the view is inspiring! It was and hour ride, we had 35 minutes to unpack everything and then went on a tour of the Palaba de Vida (word of life) campus. We met many amazing missionaires who are giving their lives and family to God in this country where hope is needed.
We had lunch grabbed our bags and left for Kara Kara! We arrived at Gloria de Dios (Glory of God) and met up with members of the church and a few other missionaires/translators. Kara Kara is a large shanty village that is on the towns old landfill/garbage dump. We separated in groups and after direction and guidance, we started going door to door meeting and speaking to the residents. It was so humbling to meet and speak to them. The teams all had fascinating stories of helping people and explaining the Joy of Christ and the hope the he gives. We had one woman crying over her fears, 2 men who quit working and started asking some detailed questions about faith and the trinity and a few people who accepted Christ We will be following up in a few days. After 4 hours of walking around we returned home to get ready for the evenings events - only to discover the womens shower not only did not have hot water, but water was a challenge. A few braved the cold water but we all found the humor in it and nothing could detract from our joy of the day.
We had a birthday celebration for Dinner for the head of Palabra Vida and got to meet and interact with many of the missionaires and students of the evangelism college. Then we had the pleasure of serving these amazing people by washing the dishes of 200+ people. It was arduous work, but we enjoyed serving those who are serving others!
We returned to Lydia house to debrief on the day in our "stretching and blessings" where we all shared where God's prompts had stretched us in the day and the blessings we witnessed. It is so wonderful to hear what God had worked in all of us this day and the people that were impacted. At 11:30 we climbed into bed after 48 hours of going strong with less than 3 hours of sleep. We set our alarms for 6am thankful for the day and a hope for tomorrows youth sports tournament and revival.
-tracy
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