Finished with the House!!!

We have finished our part of the house that we have been working on for Shirley!!! It has been such a priviledge to work together as a team to help out an entire family. They say that the house we were a part of building will last for about 20 years...

Not only did we enjoy the work that we were able to accomplish over the past 5 days, but we also met so many different people that lived around the house. Many of the people just aim to survive each day. They live in simple ways. Yet over the past few days they were so kind to allow us into their houses, to know their names, to play with their kids, and to even help with a brick or two! I know that the whole team was thankful to be a small part of this big project. It is amazing to think that we were able to demonstrate the Gospel in such a concrete way for the people, by loving them.

Many on the team are tired, some are hurt or are ill, but we are all in good spirits and look forward to the upcoming week. Continue to pray for each of the team members, but especially pray that we keep good attitude as exhaustion sets in!

Another Prayer Request:
Today we got word that a group of "squatter" houses were destroyed by a fire & that it left approximately 500 people homeless. We gathered as many of our own clothes as we could & filled up as much water as possible to deliver to the people. We sent 3 members from the team to distribute these items, and they said the need was far greater than our supply. Be praying for these people who had little to begin with & now have nothing. Pray that we would be able to help meet their basic needs & maybe even earn the right to share the Gospel with some in this extraordinarily difficult time.