Chuck Kovac gave a beautiful devotional relating Tierra Neuva to the Israelites promised land.
Elizabeth Greene presented a beautiful gospel message to the children as the women of the
village listened. The story was about how much Jesus loves each one of them. After the story, Caroline, Katie, Abby, Haley and Mackenzie sang "Jesus Loves Me" in spanish, and taught all the children and women the words and motions (in sign language) so we could all sing it together.
The village children gathered around tables to color and decorate their craft
which will remind them of how much Jesus loves them. Again, the NCC kids were a
huge help in getting the kids craft organized and completed!
At the same time, Chuck, Ryan and Jeff were working with all the men of the
village on laying a concrete floor in a new home for one of the women.
Jeff helped to level and smooth the newly laid concrete.
While Ryan and Chuck hauled heavy buckets of stone and dirt.
More activities were under way after the morning lesson... Katy Kovac used a polaroid camera
to take pictures of the kids. This was a HUGE hit because they don't normally have many
pictures of themselves. The Tierra Neuva kids would grab our NCC kids' hands and insist
on getting their picture taken together. It was beautiful to see!
to take pictures of the kids. This was a HUGE hit because they don't normally have many
pictures of themselves. The Tierra Neuva kids would grab our NCC kids' hands and insist
on getting their picture taken together. It was beautiful to see!
At the same time, Lisa, Mandy, and Nancy were busy helping the women make
beautiful bead bracelets with the supplies that Carol Kelley donated to our trip.
The bracelet bead craft for the women was a huge hit and
really brought all of our women together.
really brought all of our women together.
After lunch it was time for the sporting activities. To get to the field,
we all went on a walk down the road...
The kids loved to hold our hands as we walked.
The men got serious playing a competitive baseball game.
We threw balls around with the children all afternoon.
We played lots of fun "backyard" games.
… and of course we played soccer (futbal).
The afternoon was a beautiful time of community shared by every person. We were
completely unified and having fun together like a big family picnic. On our drive home
some one from our team said "It felt just like Heaven will be someday"
Kyra and I truly miss being there this time! We love seeing the pictures because it helps us feel like we're there, and we know exactly where most of them were taken! Please give Natan a huge hug from us!!! We miss him!
ReplyDeletePrayers!
Jenn & Kyra =)