Hello Everyone! I am so sorry we have not been able to post the daily updates, the internet has not been working properly. I hope you still enjoy catching up with what has been taking place these past few days.
Today was the continuation of Thursday’s work. The ladies and Mark went to spend another day at the orphanage with Tia Ana and the children, and the men went back for another day at the prison. The orphanage team had the orphanage team had the opportunity to spend another morning with the children and an afternoon with Tia Ana. We played many many games of Pesca! (Go Fish!), blew lots of bubbles, ran through the face paint, and decorated like shower caddies for each of the children. Once the kids left for school around 1:00pm, Tia Ana began treating all of us like her children (she has raised over 70 children since starting the orphanage). She could see how drained we all were from the week and led us one-by-one to beds, laid everyone down, placed the fans around and said “Sleep!”. She is such a beautiful woman.
While the orphanage team was enjoying a day of work and play, the prison team was trying to overcome the setback of the previous night. Russ had his camcorder stolen with all of the footage from the first day at the prison. The prison has never before allowed cameras of any kind, and after finding out that the camera was stolen, refused to allow another one in. We are working to get the stolen camera back, but until that happens, we have only the men’s stories to rely on… but wow, what stories they are! It sounds like they had an incredible experience.
After finishing up at the prison, the men joined us at the orphanage to listen to Tia Ana’s testimony. Her story is a powerful and inspiring tale of the power Jesus had to alter a lifestyle. Please ask team members to share this incredible story with you when they return home, it is definitely something that isn’t to be missed.
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