Thursday

`Wow! What a day we have had. We traveled to another Christian orphanage that houses handicapped children. We spent two hours removing rock from a field and placing it in the site of future construction to help with the concrete floor later on. Lots of sweat and effort were quite fruitful. You can see the before and after photos in the photo album.

Next, we played with and loved the precious children there. They tugged at our hearts as we had time to interact with them.

We traveled back to the area of the first sugar cane village and stopped at a supermarket and bought enough food to feed the village for about two weeks. The team had taken up an offering of about $300 among ourselves to purchase food for these dear people. We also stopped by a Bible store and purchased New Testaments for every family. Then we traveled to the village and took time to play with the kids and let them see God's love for them in our actions. We convened the group, and Remy and Karissa shared their testimonies, we sang a couple of songs, then our missionary told the people that we had brought them food to show them the love of God. The people were so appreciative and we were SO BLESSED. I think this was probably the highlight of our ministry here.

All of our group was well today for the first time this week. Tomorrow will be a leisure day before the team returns on Saturday. We will travel to Catalina Island to enjoy God's handiwork there.

Thank you for your continuing prayers and your comments. We love you!