Today we did a lot of things. We started in the village with a small service of music and preaching.  A couple of the people gave moving testimonies of how they came to the Lord, and how they are now working for God.  After that we split up into groups and gave devotions. We were unprepared, but God ended up working through our chaos.  After the devotions were over, we started working on the houses.  Jessica and Madison played with kids while working, while the rest of us worked without kids. (Those two are REALLY good with kids!)  We continued tearing out the rotten wood and began pouring concrete. 

                Next we went to the nursing home.  It was more of a senior center for the people.  All of the girls started by singing a couple of Spanish songs.  Then Mrs. Reiner gave her testimony and we did the "Chains" play after that.  After Mom (Mrs. Wood) shared the gospel the group painted the women’s fingernails and some toenails.  Nathan, Freddy, Landon and I made balloon animals.  It’s surprising how much the older people liked balloon animals! 

                After this we went to a school set up by Compassion International and the kids were incredibly well behaved!  Sami gave her testimony for the kids after we sang again.  I shared the gospel with them after the "Chains" play.  The kids were really intrigued with the play and they paid really close attention.  We played a game with a soccer ball to see how many bounces we could get.  All my practice as a kid is finally paying off and I won with my partner, a little girl named Nadia.  We gave them candy, then, unfortunately we had to leave.

                It’s amazing to see what God is doing through our group! 

Caity Wood for the team