I just got back from San Gerardo again, the team from GA left this morning. They were a truly amazing group and the Pastor and his family were wonderful. This second group also got a lot of work done; they finished the floor of one church (cement) and the windows and walls and sidewalk of another church in Coquital.
A family walked all the way from Nicaragua (5 hour walk) to speak with a Pastor there about starting a Methodist church in his community. While they were there, their children (ages 12, 14 and 16) played mariachi music that they had written. They stopped by the place we were living and did a mini-concert. Everyone really enjoyed it. Mary and Marion came up for the evening and were then able to speak with them about possibly helping with the new church in Nicaragua.
Next week a group of 40 United Methodist Women from different areas here are going up there to work also. They will be working on a house of a woman named Maria and her husband named Anolfo. He has been sick and has not been able to work, and Maria has gone blind. They are very poor and live in a rotting tiny house, but are active members in the church. She expressed to us how much support has come from the community and this church; helping her walk there and things like that. Therefore the ladies are going to be rebuilding and working on their house! God has been working in the lives of the people this community, and giving them strength through the church. Both pastors in both places are committed to the congregation; one of them wept with us as we visited different families. He said it is difficult to see people living like this for him as well as us. God said over and over in the bible that we NEED to be involved in the lives of people who live in poverty. And that’s not always in some country far away, that includes our own homes as well.
This morning we got a call from Juanita, the cook and also the coordinator of the work there near the border. The GA team had left air mattresses for the UMW to use. Unfortunately, last night, 16 of them were stolen from the room. We believe they came in through the window, possibly using a child. The sad part is also that it is very possible it was one of the people who was working with us, because they knew the rooms had these in them. The town is going to hold a meeting and try to figure out who it was.
Overall God is still at work here! It has been a great couple of weeks, another team came in last night from Kent Island MD! We will be getting started work this afternoon. Continue praying for the teams, and for the missionaries here. God bless you all!
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