God puts each fresh morning into our hands as a gift to see what we will do with it.
Today has been a glorious day!
Our day began once again at Valle Dorado where Scott, Matt and Kathy finished digging the last hole. It’s time to start pouring the footings. The truck arrived with bloques for the second floor. With Dillon, Steve, Pastor Smith, Jessica and Scott on the roof, we formed the “pumpkin patch” method of unloading and assembly line to unload the thousand bloques.
The cool breeze and beautiful view made the hard work seem much easier. While the work was being done on the church Kim, Stacy, Pam and John felt “led” to fellowship and prepare our lunch with guidance from Gladys and friends. Our devotion today was provided to us by Dillon. He shared with us the story of Jacob and Essau (Genesis 25: 29) and how he gave up his birth right over a bowl of stew. Dillon gently reminds us that we all have appetites for things that in the long run will not satisfy our eternal desire - to be in communion with God.
After lunch we went to visit Pastor Yolanda and the orphanage. It was awesome to see how close to the finished product the orphanage is. The orphanage is painted in bright colors and the bedrooms are named for different Venezuelan flowers.
When we returned to Valle Dorado we had some time to play with the children before we began our outreach. We made (Jesus loves me) key chains and watched Veggie Tales in Spanish (Jonah and the Big Fish). Many children from the community came and enjoyed the movie. Kathy, (with the help of Yoe), was certain to make sure the kids got the message – “We all have second chances!”
We returned home to be greeted by 5 Seminary students who desire to be a part of our workday here at the seminary tomorrow. Who knew their passion to serve would start at midnight. After their long bus ride here from towns across Venezuela, they actually started working, as we were getting ready to go to sleep.
We have a lot to learn from our friends in Venezuela! Good Night!
P.S. Sorry for the lateness of the blog- it was a long day yesterday.
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