Buenas Noches familia y amigos... God has blessed us with a perfect selection of weather for working at our construction site. A little rain, great breezes and much sun, allowing us to complete our work there today. As we drove through the community for the last time (this trip) I was overwhelmed with love for these people who had captured our hearts in three short days.
If you are in the Wednesday night bible study you will appreciate this: There was a mountain that was covered by a cloud every day, reminding me of our present study. Today as we were bringing our work to a close the cloud moved on. . .leaving the top of the mountain in full view. I don't know what that was about, but I had requested you pray that I wouldn't miss a detail of God. He is so cool!
Yes, we are the hands and feet of Christ. Yes, we are seeing how big God is. Yes, we are partnering where God is at work. And yes, we are getting to better know the people we worship with at St. John. The fellas are doing 'guy stuff' in the dorm; Herb and Robbye are in an apartment with warm water; and Tara and I are staying with Audrey and Will. Every night we meet for a meal, go out for a dominican treat of ice cream or empanadas and then gather for devotional time. We really need it to process our day. We always pray for you all and talk about how this experience will translate back to our home church.
Some of the best parts of the days are watching the men interact with the children, knowing they are thinking of their children at home. Before we left the construction site today, Jerry Taylor had made and intoduced the horse shoe game to some of the children. It will probably take the community by storm!
Tomorrow is a full day with a morning VBS visit to a church where we will be presenting a drama of the resurrection story, complete with Michael Belt as Jesus; serving lunch at another feeding center in Hoyo de Bartola, "The Hole"; and then the championship game of the 'Claude LaMaster' memorial basketball tournament. What an honor to represent Barbara and the children for this special event.
God is messing with all of us. . . and it is a good thing. It's late and tomorrow comes early. . .the roosters are confused and begin crowing around 3:00a.m.
Dios le bendiga, jennifer