Monday!

Today we went to the Prado community. That’s where the recyclers live. It’s a very humbling experience, but it’s encouraging to know the impact the local church has had in that community. It’s also encouraging and exciting to be a small part of God’s work in that community. We played games with the kids and told them the story of David and Goliath.

After Prado we went back to the church to work with the children that were given school scholarships by Project Hope. They make jewelry that we bring back to sell in the United States. They made enough jewelry to cover most of the cost of their scholarships next year. It was fun to work with the children. There were some who took it very seriously and worked hard. There is one little girl who plans to be a doctor when she grows up. We are sure that with the help of God she will accomplish her goals.

We walked to a local mall and had ice cream at Crepes & Waffles. It’s awesome ice cream! Then some walked the rest of the way home while others took a taxi.

There are always people God brings to us who are special to us that day. One of those persons was Dago. He spent the day with us and became part of the team. He helped us in so many ways and gave up his holiday to be with us. (Today was a holiday, but nobody knows why.) We have learned to appreciate the church universal and the ways God brings us together.

Tomorrow we go to CRAN. In our devotions tonight we learned that it takes only a moment to make an eternal difference in the life of someone. Pray for us that we would have many of those moments this week.