Thursday June 17th
Day Five

The days just keep getting better. We started our devotion and quiet time with a devotion from Matthew 6:25 – 34. Our key word was “seek.” We all discussed what we would be seeking today. Would we seek our fears, our fatigue, or maybe our worldly desires or would it be God’s mighty hand at work?

We left for the girls home in the morning to work on some projects. We divided up into four teams to move rock, level dirt, paint fence posts and paint basketball goals. After finishing these projects we mixed concrete, dumped it into wheel barrels and poured footing for the fence. It was an amazing moment to watch the team work in record time together to finish the work that had to be done. It was not easy work but everyone did an awesome job. The best part of the day was watching Ashlyn, Jenny and Bella push full wheel barrels of cement without one ounce of complaining and kept coming back for more. The most frustrating part for me is that I cannot get anyone to take a break. People are fighting over the right to shovel dirt, clean up after lunch and pour concrete. Parents please know these kids can work! Our start performers today were Madison and Ashlyn. They have been consistent workers and leaders this week. I am so proud of them both.

We left the girls home for our last visit to the boy’s home. This was another truly amazing evening. As Abigial, Corrie, Bella, Hayden, Jenny and the gang sang worship songs in English, the boys sang the same songs in Spanish all around one picnic table with one guitar and a beat on the table. I managed to capture some on video. I will be posting it on Facebook. We had a birthday party for one of the boys and then it was time to say goodbye. The boys, however, had other ideas. We spent the better part of an hour saying goodbye to the boys as they gave us gifts, sang us songs and stayed on our bus almost refusing to let us go. Some of the boys gave speeches saying how much our visit meant to them. They wished us well and reminded us to continue to follow God’s lead in our life. Excuse me, who is supposed to be doing the ministry here? Needless to say not a dry eye in the house. One boy, who has been at the home for 3 years, told us we were his favorite group ever and in fact he had never spoken in front of a group before. We were his first! As we drove off the boys chased us to the road yelling, “año que vien” (next year). We came to rock Bolivia and it has ended up rocking us! Truly an amazing day!

Blessings,

Greg