We were excited to start our day with a full team and spirits today seem at a great level. It takes a couple of days to adjust to the altitude and most of them feel good this morning. Aaron M started today bringing me coffee and moving to the top of my list J
At 8:15am we drove to Casa Gabriel, a ministry to boys who live on the street. Our team was completely engaged as we listened to testimonies of the boys living on their own as early as age 8 on the street and the tough life that it is. We were than entertained by their gifts and talents and they techno-danced, break danced and sang for us. We had a lot of questions and were thrilled to hear about their heart to expand their ministry to street girls who are often involved in sex trafficking at the age of 10. What a tough life so many of them have lived and lots of questions for our team. There was certainly a connect with our team to this ministry.
Next stop is back to La Roca for a day of painting and sanding. We started with sanding down the basketball hoops and the playground equipment and thinner on the doors. We spent most of the rest of the day painting the front gate and iron and repainting the basketball goals and playground equipment.
We also saw our team practicing more of their Spanish and interacting with the local kids and trying their Spanish. It was great to see that effort. For lunch we went to a local restaurant and had a great meal of chicken, chicken and potato soup, French fries and rice. It was a great lunch. We than want for ice cream and was a great refreshing moment.
Then back to work at La Roca with more painting. We then took some group photos with the group and locals and loaded the bus around 5:30pm. Got showered up and headed to Brad and Sandy’s for dinner.
We had a great time at their house and got to experience a couple of great Ecuador foods. It was a great dinner and was great to hear so much laughter and joy from our group during the meal. They have come together very quickly. We than had an amazing time of worship and praise and there is something about a group that sings with their heart and the beauty of the sound it creates in the heavens.
We went into some sharing of our day and lots of great God moments being shared. There was also a lot of guys hugging each other and being swept in the moment, girls sat in jealousy J We ended in prayer and was a great ending to our day and looking at our team they are so much further in team chemistry and care for each other. We than had to say goodbye to the Miller’s as we leave for the jungle tomorrow.
We got home and started to pack for the jungle and get our donated supplies ready. We wanted to finish this blog tonight because we are fairly certain that we won’t have Internet access or a way to communicate for the next 5 days. We also have Dario who will be joining us tomorrow along with Austin and Deanna who serve as our host. They are wonderful and have done a great job in preparing us for whatever we will face. Our mentality as a team, tell us what to do and we will give it a try.
-Derek Broton & Phil Stebbing
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