Sunday, August 3, 2014
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Last full day
The kids are very sad at the thought of leaving tomorrow. Some have done some interesting bargaining with me to "accidentally" leave them here (sorry parents).
We began the day helping set up the church for Sunday morning and then headed to las palmas for some futbol (our kids are pros by now). Las palmas is a neighborhood camino is trying to plant a church in.
We then went to a church members house for a party and goodbyes. Many tears shed. Tomorrow we will attend church and then off to the airport. See y'all tomorrow night.
Ben stretching (I think)
Playing Soccer in the Mountains
Friday afternoon we visited a center for recovering drug addicts and alcoholics in a very poor area.north of Jesus Maria. I (Tim) had expected that this would be a very sad visit, but it was actually quite the opposite.
There were about 5-7 young men living at the facility and their lives had been changed by God. They were very happy and talked with us and explained what went on at the center. The center was started by another Evangelical church in the area, one that has planted six sister churches. The center is self'-supporting - and they truly live day by day. During the day they have Bible studies and counseling. They also exercise and sell chocolates and used clothing on the street to support the center.
The church has different volunteers who come each day and teach the Bible and work with the kids. Yesterday, a man named Victor was there. He told he had been in jail 3 times for narcotics trafficking and possibly (if Tina and I understood him correctly) for human trafficking. His third time in prison, he became a Christian and his life changed dramatically. He now works with his church and helps out at the center.
After eating a lunch of hot dogs and chips, we went to a grassy area over by the pyramids/ruins, where we had visited our first or second day here. We played soccer with the kids from the center. I actually scored my first goal (a miracle in itself)! We played for nearly 90 minutes and had a great time. The kids at the center were filled with life and it was hard to believe that they were recovering addicts. There were many smiles and much laughter.
After soccer we took some pictures and walked back to the center. A person from church had given us money for the trip to use to help in any situation in which we saw a need. We used part of the money to purchase a huge bag of rice and huge bag of black beans for them, which probably would provide meals for a couple of weeks.
It was a great day. VBS had gone well too, with almost 120 kids in attendance for the last day.
In the evening we ate Pazoli and the students socialized with the Mexican kids for quite a while.
Today (Saturday) we plan to clean the church, and then we have a soccer outreach in a different area where the missionaries are trying to begin a new church plant.
There were about 5-7 young men living at the facility and their lives had been changed by God. They were very happy and talked with us and explained what went on at the center. The center was started by another Evangelical church in the area, one that has planted six sister churches. The center is self'-supporting - and they truly live day by day. During the day they have Bible studies and counseling. They also exercise and sell chocolates and used clothing on the street to support the center.
The church has different volunteers who come each day and teach the Bible and work with the kids. Yesterday, a man named Victor was there. He told he had been in jail 3 times for narcotics trafficking and possibly (if Tina and I understood him correctly) for human trafficking. His third time in prison, he became a Christian and his life changed dramatically. He now works with his church and helps out at the center.
After eating a lunch of hot dogs and chips, we went to a grassy area over by the pyramids/ruins, where we had visited our first or second day here. We played soccer with the kids from the center. I actually scored my first goal (a miracle in itself)! We played for nearly 90 minutes and had a great time. The kids at the center were filled with life and it was hard to believe that they were recovering addicts. There were many smiles and much laughter.
After soccer we took some pictures and walked back to the center. A person from church had given us money for the trip to use to help in any situation in which we saw a need. We used part of the money to purchase a huge bag of rice and huge bag of black beans for them, which probably would provide meals for a couple of weeks.
It was a great day. VBS had gone well too, with almost 120 kids in attendance for the last day.
In the evening we ate Pazoli and the students socialized with the Mexican kids for quite a while.
Today (Saturday) we plan to clean the church, and then we have a soccer outreach in a different area where the missionaries are trying to begin a new church plant.
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