Semana Santa, this year, brought our friends from Medellin, a mixed group of young adults. There were 21 people from various churches, and various focus' in work.
We had the band "Risen" preform a street concert with Pueblo Fuerte, the local church here, they introduced a song about the importance of taking care of the island in respect to the trash. They are a reggae band, but the song was done in the "champeta" style which is the local sound here. The people here loved it. They also did selections of their other music and shared the gospel story as well.
A team worked with young kids, offering different activities and crafts. There was no school during the week because of the holiday, so they had a lot of kids there all the time. There was a team that did evangelism and worked with parents also.
We had a filter crew who made 3 filters while they were here, they participated in the whole process. Bringing the mold, assembling, making concrete, washing the sand, and presenting it to the new owners. The team raised enough to do 9 filters, so we have more that we can install.
A group of photographers floated between all the activities and recorded and documented all the work that was done.
Here is a video they did about the way they carry water.
Of course we had a beach day to enjoy, and the evenings were spent with team members who had been here before visiting friends, and fellowship. It was great to get to know more people who want to serve the Lord, and have great hearts. It was busy and time flew by fast.
Elizabeth and Migue were the team leaders, and organized the team and projects. They are a great help with all they do to support us here, and they mentor and encourage others to get involved with serving others. They have been coming once a year with a team, and visiting in between, this time Elizabeth came pregnant. Their boy, Josue, is due in August. We appreciate their passion for ministry.
We had 30 plus persons for all the meal times, and a small outdoor kitchen to do it all in. We are thankful to the El Shadday cooks who worked that week to prepare all the food. El Shadday lent us all the tables and chairs for the week. This is a testimony to the Lord, all the different churches and organizations that come together to make this happen. We love having the teams, thank you to all who support us here. There are a lot of different pieces from a lot of different people that all come together to allow this to happen. The glory is the Lord's.
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