Today, much like everyday, has been a day for evangelizing and manual labor. We started the morning in two separate teams. One team, consisting of Pam, Steve, Kim and Stacy went with Nigel to a drug rehab center. They sang songs and Steve gave words of encouragement. This group also took food to 5 families who were in desperate need of a good meal and a kind word. Everyone else went to Valle Dorado to continue work on the church. The goal before we leave is much like Sam’s devotion…Foundation! After tying rebar, Matt, Kathy, Sam, Phil and Scott began to pour concrete for the floors and the foundations. Dillon, Jessica and Parker were on the roof starting the first wall of the second floor. Our Venezuelan friends Jaqueline and Juli came up to help us after they returned from school. All was well until Dillon leaned against the wall and one section wasn’t attached to the floor. Apparently there wasn’t enough concrete in that mixture. Thankfully Merdado came up and helped us fix that section. Many very exciting things happened today. One that gave the team much joy is that our bus driver Willie, who has driven us for the past four years and is one of the nicest men I have ever met, accepted Jesus Christ into his life today!
That evening Dillon, with the help of Paula, took pictures of the children with the polaroid camera. Once again all of the children swarmed around him. We projected the movie Courageous in the street outside the church onto a white sheet. Many children and parents showed up. Everyone that stayed to watch the movie stayed after while Stacy and Scott did an excellent job explaining how important it is to be mothers, fathers and children of Christ. Pastor Smith also got up and spoke after Stacy and Scott and did not hold back. He told the community that they have a problem. Their children often do not have parents that are actively part of their lives and that this is not okay. He also encouraged the children that were there without their parents to bring their parents to church with them. It was unbelievable to see five niños accepted the Lord into their lives. A few of us prayed around them and Scott, with the help of Yoe, impressed upon them how important it is for them to come to church and continue to learn about the Lord and what it means to follow Him. After a long day, we headed back to the seminary and finished with a devotional from Phil. He touched base on a God’s blessing and how you can’t “out-give God”. Great way to end a great day.
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