Hola!
Today we said goodbye to the South Carolina team, and last Saturday I said goodbye to my Dad, cousins, and the team from out church and Maryland. It was so fun to have them around, and I cried a little when they left! Thank you to all of you who came and worked so hard, none of the work was in vain and the projects are continuing while you're gone!
The first week with the Maryland team, they did a variety of projects. (I unfortunately don't have any pictures yet!) They began the church in a place called Dulce Nombre, which is another one of Pastor Liber's preaching points. The congregation told him that if he didn't have a good building to meet in, they would stop coming. The second team from South Carolina also got much of that finished as well! When I have pictures I'll put them up to show the progress!
Both teams worked in "Grandma's House", repairing the old and putting up new walls, as well as painting them and putting in electricity. (They got the lights working in her home!) They also began putting up walls for her daughter, Eva and her family. They were living in a "home" next to Grandma's, that had dirt floors, was very filthy, and had electrical wires all around, very dangerous. So she is planning on moving into this other house nearby and moving her things from the other, which happens to be on top of the septic tank! This family was extremely appreciative of this work, and Grandma could not believe that she was able to choose her own wall color inside and out.
Bible school was done with the Maryland group in El Mirador, which is always great! So many kids who are growing up yet remember specific people! There were around 100 children for those 3 days. The other two days were in San Fransisco, and we also had a large number of children. The South Carolina team had a very intense bible school program for three days. On the last day, they had a community dinner, as an outreach to the families and to welcome them to church. The families were able to come and see what their children had talked about, and the Pastor spoke to them all to invite them and remind them that they are part of a big family of God. This team also put in a wheelchair ramp from the church to the bathrooms to make it more accessible.
It has been very busy, and we now have a team of 9 people from Kentucky to work throughout the coming week. God bless you all!
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