I know I have been so bad about updating this. I apologize.
Sunday we went to Avivamiento again. It absolutely powerful. Pastor Carl was with us. He has an outstanding relationship with the pastor of Avivamiento, Pastor Ricardo. Pastor Carl was asked to take part in service by greeting the congregation and walking with Pastor Ricardo through the healing service. After the second service, the church had a baptism service. How many people do a 70,000 member church baptize on a typical day? A mere 5,000. They had 3 pools and lines that wound through the whole building. There were 6 people in each pool and the line would file in, be baptized and file out. It was amazing. We went to lunch at a very nice steak house and enjoyed a restful evening. All week we have been working with a program that has 4 different outreaches. The pastor would physically hear the cries of the children at night and started the program as an after school outreach. The first outreach on Monday had a kindergarten program. However, they could not meet the $4000 a month costs to feed and care for the kids and were forced to close the program. But the pastor believes it will reopen and has been updating the rooms while he waits. Though we expected to work with the kindergarten program, we were quickly put to work with the lunch they serve to the children of the neighborhood. They feed 2,000 kids a week. For 70% of the children, this is their only meal of the day. I was tasked with washing dishes because they do not own enough dishes to feed all the kids they serve in a day. After lunch we were taken to a shack that was in shambles. It is built with whatever material could be found. It is atop a hill and one side deteriorates with the rain. So we hauled dirt and concrete down one hill and up the other for the woman to use to reinforce her foundation. It was hard work but we all enjoyed it.Tuesday we went to another outreach for a few hours. We cleaned their tables, chair, and trash cans, tarred their roof, and sanded and painted rebar. Then we served lunch again. After lunch we did an outreach at a nearby basketball court. We performed our dramas and played games. We had to leave early in order to have time to make it to the church service we were leading Tuesday night. The service was incredible. God used our team in ways we could not even imagine. Pastor Cody delivered a powerful word and our team led an incredible time of prayer. Last two days. Pray our team leaves nothing behind. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Location:Calle 102 108A,Bogotá,Colombia
