Saturday was a busy day of social outreach, world cup, church connections and ice-cream!
We started our day with 6:45 breakfast and were off to divide up into our social out reach teams again, adding our medical team into the mix. We had 3 different places that we helped again today. One house was leaning terribly, so they removed some wood and doors, and pulled the 15 x 25 foot house back into vertical position, and tried to put everything back in place. The other two houses were homes of disabled individuals that we helped to make them more accessible and safe for the individuals. We also replaced screens on most of the homes to help with the mosquitoes and other flying/crawling insects. We also replaced or fixed holes in roofs of many of these homes. The bonus of the outreaches was that we were working along side other Mil Palmeras' church members, so got to know them a lot better in the process. This social outreach idea is a fairly new idea for them, so you could see the excitement in their eyes of helping others as well. We fund raised $300 for each of these homes we helped fix up, and the team just wants to say "thanks" for helping us make this possible. The money was well spent on these projects.
The afternoon, after the World Cup game of course, was a time for the church families to come to Mil Palmeras and play soccer, volleyball, talk and eat. Reminded me our our old church picnics: all afternoon until it got dark. Katrina and Ashlee led the group in a couple games and Jeremy gave his testimony. They enjoy our balloon launchers and tried to get the soccer players as they were busy playing: we were not successful!
On our way back to our hotel, we stopped for some ice-cream: our first since we have arrived. What a great way to end our busy day. Tomorrow, church with our good friends at Mil Palmeras... and the finals in the world cup (the world stops for them down here!)
Thanks for your prayers for our safety and growth as a team.
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