I don't even really know how to start catching you up on all the adventures we had and great things they accomplished, but I'll try. We thought it would be fun to take the kids from Talita Cumi out for an afternoon of chaos so Saturday and Sunday we took the girls and boys, respectively, bowling and out to dinner. It was somehow less chaotic than the madness of Angie's bowling birthday party, and it was a serendipitously great way for the team to learn the kids names since every round each child's name appeared on the monitor as they went up to give those bumpers a run for their money. Monday and Tuesday we also worked with the TC kids painting some of their building, protecting them from mosquitoes with new screens for their doors and windows, and a little VBS action in the afternoons.
Sunday, we worked with another of Mosaic's adopted "partnerships" my church, La Viña. Since we moved in last December to our great little facility, we've not really added any color or life to our white walled sterile facility. So Sunday, before having fun with the niños in class, we "planted" some flowers to the 5 random flower beds that adorn the building and made some other small updates.
A sister project of La Viña is the home for sick babies, Judah Quy. The team and its financial supporters very generously contributed some new cabinets to the baby home, a bunch of little supplies like diapers and baby monitors, and a new storage shed. I'll let the guys on the team tell you about that silly door that didn't want to hang where it was supposed to, because I'm sure I couldn't have done much better against that beast.
On Wednesday, we loaded some pretty tired (partially Dramamine induced) people into a pretty crowded Landcruiser for a trip to Postrervalle's children's home. By trip, I mean 6 hours of bumps and turns that nearly made me, the driver, car-sick. But most of the team did a good job of fighting off car sickness by snoozing. Here you see my fearless co-pilots/navigators hard at work.
When we arrived we went straight to preparing a feast for the kiddos of homemade french fries, hotdogs and hamburgers. We soon learned that someone had been harassing the home for the past few nights. So, we felt God's hand at work bringing us to be a presence of 8 adults to guard the home for two nights and give the 22 year-old girl in charge of 36 kids a couple nights of rest and peace of mind. Please help us continue to pray for the safety of the home. The following day the kids went to school with little invitations we'd made for them to pass out about the VBS that afternoon. We had no idea how many to expect... At the beginning we tried to get a count of the little wiggly ones while they watched our skit, we came up with 98. But word of the actors' prowess must have traveled fast because between the drama and the craft the number multiplied to somewhere between 100 and 1 million munchkins. A good problem to have. A better problem to have if you have a microphone or even megaphone. But we can't complain, a lot of little ears heard the gospel that day.
Saturday, we may have overcommitted our last few hours before their return flight that night. Our finale of a project was to paint the inside of the church. With the help of a couple church members and an "interminable" (36 slice pizza) we managed to brighten that place up very well if I must say so myself. And this morning the rest of the church was pretty excited with the results as well. By the time I let them stop working to board that plane I think they were pretty ready to sleep even sitting up in turbulence.
Thank you Mosaic, you impacted SO many people here, I hope they impacted you too. It was a pleasure serving with you, let's do it again soon!
"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve..." -Mark 10:45
2 comments:
Wow, they were probably even tireder going home from Bolivia than you were going home from the U.S. last week! Sounds like a lot of people were blessed though!
Thanks Lauren and Angie for sharing your time, love, and most of all your bed :). You are a awesome mission leader and I am blessed to have been a part of it. Love, and blessings to all our friends in Bolivia. We won't forget you.
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