Children, Children, Children!!! We just got back (11:00) from a youth night in San Antonio. San Antonio is my favourtie community in Chiclayo, which is funny because it is one of the poorest, and most spiritually opressed. The people in the church are so so nice though! Not to mention their kids are the cutest. We started playing volleyball out in the streets, which made youth flock to the church. Hordes of children, tons of children! They love getting their picture taken and seeing what it looks like after. Patty picked up a cake for Leah (it is her 20th today) and we sang (over and over and over) happy birthday to her there. Girls lined up to give her hugs and greetings afterward. I might be more descriptive if I had energy. Anyhow, we played some games and had lots of loud laughter. It was so much fun to hang out with them and the boys from Las Brisas...And tease eachother! Parker and Roonie are bonding so well with Pepe, Raul, Coco and the other boys. We received a very warm and kissy "ciao" from the kids and went home. Earlier today we were in La Paz again. The wall is coming up nicely (but slowly) which is encouraging to see, and the kids there are simply amazing. They are incredibly generous; it is quite moving. One of the older girls went into her house and took her "piggy bank" out, shook it, and extracted the one sole she had. She then gave it to Jamie-Lee, who is a neighbour girl and we went and bought freezies...She was willing to give all the money she had so we could have a freezie?!! Unbelievable. I am constantly blown away at their willingness to help with the constructing of the roof/wall and their joy in sharing their mornings with us. I enjoy it immensely. Another group went over to the Church in Las Brisas to do some more painting and cleaning to get ready for the service on Sunday. It will be mucho Grande and mucho Fun! We did not eat anything particularly odd today, but guinea pig is in our future!
Please pray for continued health, energy and big juicy hearts for our team, that we can accomplish what we need to each day, work hard, and realize these are God's precious people and God's purpose. It is hard to trust that he really loves justice when their living conditions are so terrible. But, God cares about their souls, and that is obvious to us when we see their smiling faces and feel their hugs.
Thank you for all your support and prayers and encouragement.
Elli (Team Peru)
2 comments:
Wow - sounds like you're really seeing God at work there. Sounds really cute with all the children and the time spent with them.
You're all in my prayers, and it's great to see God using each and every one of you!
God bless,
Chris
Hey Team.....thinking of you on this fine Saturday. Hope everyone is doing well. Love & hugs, Lindsay's Mom
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