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| Painting at the church |
Waking up was even harder today. lol We had breakfast at Flavia's this morning instead of going to the church. We also has some amazing coffee!! Then we met more of the team at the church to get on the bus to go to the mission church. Once the whole team was gathered at the mission church Brian led us in a devotion on leaning on God's understanding. We had individual study and prayer time for a few minutes then I got in a group with Chad and Flavia and we all prayed for each other. When we were done we were set to work painting the church. It's nice to be able to give a little back to the congregation after all they're doing for us! Painting lasted most all the morning and a little after lunch. We painted the two bathrooms, a sunday school room, and the fence in front. When Aunt Kristen and Brian got back to the mission church we had a time of prayer and headed to the park near by to cover it in prayer before we returned that night to do outreach to the teenagers who gather there. We broke of into groups and spread ourselves around the entire park and just started to pray for about ten minutes before coming back together. Then we split off into two groups. One group went back to the church and my group walked to a woman's house who lives in the slums to bring her blankets and things. This woman is one of the first members of the mission church. It's easy to tell that she loves God with all her heart! She has 10 children and two grandchildren living with her and her husband in a tiny dirty house. Her husband is an alcoholic and he's abusive. The church started to help fix up the house, but her husband kicked the workers out, so the church cannot do any more work until he allows them. Then we prayed for her. She was so sweet and so thankful! She said that she doesn't have anything to give God but her heart. I could see her love for God on her face as she praised God! Then we walked back to the mission church for dinner and an evening devotion. We sang worship songs, Tammie shared about the Holy Spirit, and we circled up and prayed for our evening in the park. Then we all buddied up and walked back to the park. By this time it was dark. We started by just gathering in the middle of the park and singing some of our songs. All the kids were pretty curious when they heard our music and at first I was a little scared. Most of the kids were smoking and drinking. They were dressed darkly with lots of piercings, but God reminded me that they are His beautiful workmanship just as much as I am. Then we started to spread out in groups and talk to the teenagers who were standing around. Through a translator Leah and I talked with a few of the boys who came up to us. Leah and I spent most of the rest of the night talking with them about ourselves, music, movies, work, school, and Jesus. Leah and I both gave our testimonies and we prayed for them. We prayed for the guys that said they knew Jesus that they would live for Him, seek Him, and set an example for unbelievers. Then we prayed for the ones without Jesus. After we were done praying with the guys we just were hanging out when a girl came up to us with a translator and told us she wanted to pray with us to ask Jesus into her heart. She said she would come to the church service saturday! Then we walked back to the mission church and Flavia brought us back to her home. Now I need to sleep! God is so good and even if I can't see how I believe God worked in great ways in that park tonight and that it will impact those people forever! Praise Jesus!
~Miranda
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