Hola!!! Greetings from what they call Port, here. On Wednesday, we were pleasantly surprised that our whole team was able to visit Emilio and his family in Esperanza. The blind man that the team built the house for last year. He was glad to see us and we were able to present him with an accordion. The accordian is what he uses to make his living and last year his was destroyed during a storm. Upon receiving the accordian he played us a song. It was very moving to reconnect and see the house that God allowed to stand during hurricane Felix. It was also an amazing experience to be able to bless him again. Emilio and his family were very greatful to God and our group. God has truly blessed the work that we have been able to do for him and his family. While there we also got to visit with some of the local children. We took pictures which they loved and one even tried to hitch a ride on the back of our bus.
The men continued a work project and assisted in completing the offices for Pastor Earl. They mixed concrete and carried lots of cinder blocks. They finished pouring the inside foundation of the wall. They will go back until the job is finished.
In the afternoon we had VBS again with the children. We shared with them that Jesus is God's Son and that we should celebrate who he is. In one group the children shared what that could celebrate about God by drawing pictures. Many of the children drew Bibles. One boy expressed how important God's word is to his life. It is amazing how these small children can comprehend the greatness of God and his word, and they can express it so well. Some of the groups had the children sing as well. A couple of groups sang "Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Praise ye the Lord." We were also able to give them journals so that they could write down their thoughts about God and prayers to God.
After VBS we had dinner and then went to church in the pouring rain. It has rained every day except the first day we have been here. But, we don't mind it to much because it cools things off. Pastor Tom preached last night on his testimony and how it works for him in witnessing to others. Since we were cold and wet we went back to our rooms to get dry and went to sleep.
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