Our Mission:
love on people, pray for people, help out and help build a church.
Tuesday:
We went into the jungle to haul wood out. This was interesting since we had to pass a river. First time thru I lost my shoe in the mud and had to fish it out.
After that I realized I had a bunch of bumps on my legs! Remembering that a group of us got lost and went the wrong way in the jungle and a plant I walked by had a bad sting/cut to it. We all have to spray bug spray on us frequently because of the dangyay fever(not to sure I spelt that right) here. It can be deadly depending on which of the three ways it comes to you. Signs of it will appear 4-7 days after. I trust that God will protect us. He brought us here, surely He will.
After a hard day of working we went down the river and showered/went swimming in the river. It was nice to get clean after all that hard work and sweat! It's worth it!
Wednesday
We finished hauling wood and then took all of it to the church. Most of the church is built just needs the foundation set. Most of the wood had bark so we had fun with the machete and wood blocks to help us chip it off. That took all morning. Then that afternoon we picked up trash around the village and prayed.
It's always a treat to get to go down to the river after work to relax in the water and clean up if needed, so that is what we did.
Thursday
All except the boys, Tammy, Tim and Tabea went to the nursing home while the others helped work on a project for Alex and Julia at there home. Riding the bus there is always an adventure since there's only so much room in a bus and so many people who are on it. Most people are standing, while most women with babies or children sit. At the nursing home we did puppets and told testimonies. Afterwards we gave them their snack and then did crafts with them. One of the guys there had a shirt on that said "speed demon". Pretty funny! I got to massage two ladies hands with lotion. I have been told by God and many others that I am a healer, it wasn't till later I looked at the lotion bottle and it said healing lotion. I made one of the guys there a crown and a people set. He loved it. We then raked the yard for the nursing home. As we did this we found that the water here was not ok to drink....thankfully God is protecting us and we don't have to worry about this but we became cautious and didn't do it again. I never filled my water bottle up there so I was good.
Friday
We rode the bus to the school to paint. Dropping Tim, Chris and Ty at Alex and Julia's to finish there project, the rest of us went to paint. We painted 3 classrooms. One room we painted blue, one room we painted blue and pink, and the next was white. We finished before 1:15 to clean up and leave. We had the rest of the day off. So we wanted to bless the family we stayed with so after dinner we had juice and desert with them that our team bought. We heard their story and got to pray for them.
I found out that night Benadryl makes me super tired and hysterical! I say strange things and I even laugh in my sleep (according to my YWAM siblings).lol
The next morning we packed it up and moved it out! On the way back to San Jose we got to swim in the Caribbean in Porta Vieho (didn't spell that right but oh well). It was awesome! Then we changed, ate lunch and then it was on the road for the next five hours. We arrived in San Jose at 7, to wait at the bus stop for a while and then to the base to eat dinner. It was nice to be back! The Schmidt family (YWAM family) got back as well, so it was all hugs, laughter and joy to see each other again. I love that family!
It was nice to get a warm shower and feel clean afterwards! I'm thankful for the warm and clean part because its rare to get a warm shower at the San Jose base and to be clean after constantly smelling and sweating in Suretka was great.
One more full night of sleep in a twin sized bed and a restful day full of packing before we leave at 4 am for the airport!
London here I come (told you I would be back-I've only been to the airport)!:)
Katie Jones
Wildatheart
