This is a week for a new team. However, Teresa and Stewart have been here many times. It’s great to meet new people!
Trinity BC is still here until Wednesday, so they are getting to work with the Bethel team at the beginning of the week. The Trinity team also got to do some ministry work on Saturday and then joined the Bethel team for churches on Sunday.
This is the last week of back-to-back teams for the summer. There have been 9 weeks of teams! We are really getting tired, but love working with everyone. It was great to see Teresa and Stuart again. I hadn’t seen them for a couple of years. They are so sweet.
I ran a lot of errands, did some price research, met with friends and took care of some project prep at the team house. I stayed pretty busy while the teams were out working. I had a lot of computer work and was very happy to end a huge project. I got the chance to tie up some loose ends for the future. I gave away some clothes to some of the workers. I love getting things organized and planned. I loved being able to spend some time with friends since I was going to leave Nica on Aug 6 for 3 weeks in the states.
The team worked hard during the week. They served in 9 worship services, held 6 fiestas, made 2 school visits, held 4 days of VBS, 1 awesome women’s conference, 2 feeding center visits and 1 day of construction. There were a total of 508 salvations. Over the last 2 weeks, there were 2 visits to the jail and a few salvations were from there. Also, over the last 2 weeks, 2 of our pastors (Yadir and Saturnino) received motorcycles from sponsoring churches. What blessings for these guys! Now they are learning how ride them!
The Interns have worked hard and have gotten a lot of work done at the team house the last week. Zach was a crazy man when it came to organizing and setting up storage. It was awesome! All leftover prizes/gifts were processed and packed for the next teams in Oct and Nov. Everything in the 2 bodegas (storage units) were sorted and organized. It was beautiful! All towels and sheets were washed and put away. All donated clothes were washed and stored. A great end to the summer!
The last team members left early (3am) on Saturday the 3rd. It sure was quiet at the team house for the first time in 9 weeks! Buster laid around and slept all day long. He really misses the teams, though. He sure likes the attention from all of the visitors!
God was very busy in Nica this summer and we were very blessed to be able to be a part of it. He is faithful!
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