...build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored," says the LORD. Haggai 1:8
This passage of Scripture specifically deals with the rebuilding of the temple in its context, but we know now that God does not dwell in a temple made by human hands, but dwells within us through His Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19,20) I have to believe God took pleasure in our collective body of a team comprised from 3 different countries to complete this home this week. The morning began with some serious hard core sanding and I got all of our kids on the job. I am still blowing drywall chunks out of my nose! When I finished checking it all over, it was time to declare this house ready to paint just before lunch. In the afternoon Rick and I built shelves in two of the rooms and the team bought a sofa bed for the family.
We gathered around as a team for prayer with the new family and handed the keys to Marina at 4pm along with a gift of money and I found myself even getting emotional as the tears of joy fell from her face. She took the keys and we watched as she opened the door to her new home. As we stepped in with her, she took a look around and gave us the nod of approval.
Some of the teens from New Jersey had bought fireworks that we lit off in the street to celebrate the event.
Before leaving we also took the opportunity to give away another another High Power soccer camp ball to one of the kids in the community who did such a great job helping us out during the week.
Our meal tonight at the second floor was 'tomales' and Sharon learned just how involved the process is to craft these babies from scratch. The chicken is wrapped in cornmeal and than cooked and wrapped in corn husks.
Tonight there was an opportunity for the outgoing youth teams to share at a worship time and fireside at the Romano's and it was so amazing just to hear every team member share about their experiences. Many spoke about how much joy they saw in the children who have so little here and also the power of prayer. One girl shared how she would choose this experience over going to a resort with her family anyday. Rick shared on living in such a way that your life demands an explanation. The fact is now that these 40 students do have an incredible opportunity to share their faith as a platform just based on the question of what they did this summer.
Well, Saturday is turnaround day and we will get a chance to do laundry and welcome new teams that will come tomorrow evening.
See all your Southsidians at church tomorrow!
This passage of Scripture specifically deals with the rebuilding of the temple in its context, but we know now that God does not dwell in a temple made by human hands, but dwells within us through His Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19,20) I have to believe God took pleasure in our collective body of a team comprised from 3 different countries to complete this home this week. The morning began with some serious hard core sanding and I got all of our kids on the job. I am still blowing drywall chunks out of my nose! When I finished checking it all over, it was time to declare this house ready to paint just before lunch. In the afternoon Rick and I built shelves in two of the rooms and the team bought a sofa bed for the family.
We gathered around as a team for prayer with the new family and handed the keys to Marina at 4pm along with a gift of money and I found myself even getting emotional as the tears of joy fell from her face. She took the keys and we watched as she opened the door to her new home. As we stepped in with her, she took a look around and gave us the nod of approval.
Some of the teens from New Jersey had bought fireworks that we lit off in the street to celebrate the event.
Before leaving we also took the opportunity to give away another another High Power soccer camp ball to one of the kids in the community who did such a great job helping us out during the week.
Our meal tonight at the second floor was 'tomales' and Sharon learned just how involved the process is to craft these babies from scratch. The chicken is wrapped in cornmeal and than cooked and wrapped in corn husks.
Tonight there was an opportunity for the outgoing youth teams to share at a worship time and fireside at the Romano's and it was so amazing just to hear every team member share about their experiences. Many spoke about how much joy they saw in the children who have so little here and also the power of prayer. One girl shared how she would choose this experience over going to a resort with her family anyday. Rick shared on living in such a way that your life demands an explanation. The fact is now that these 40 students do have an incredible opportunity to share their faith as a platform just based on the question of what they did this summer.
Well, Saturday is turnaround day and we will get a chance to do laundry and welcome new teams that will come tomorrow evening.
See all your Southsidians at church tomorrow!
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