Back again.......

Sorry about the long absence; we've been busy with teams and projects, but here is a recap of our activities:

• Sat. July 31 our children, our daughter & family, & a team from the D.C. area all headed to the waterfall at Pulhapanzak to celebrate the birthdays of Antonio (11) & Michael Gaitonde (?)...great day of adventure and swimming
• Sun. Aug.1 Bob Adams (son-in-law) and I took some tarps to an old friend, Armando, in Siete de Septiembre. His random tin house had many leaks and we were getting heavy rains. When we arrived his father was asleep on the bed and it was difficult to get him aroused, but Armando did it. We explained why we were there and then gave him the tarps and started to leave when the Holy Spirit prompted us to share the gospel w/Armando's father. Turns out he didn't know the Lord, but he was ripe for the story and now is a member of our flock! Then outside the house the six siblings, who were listening, also invited Jesus into their hearts. Thank you, Jesus! Great day!
• Mon. Aug. 2 we all headed to El Eden to begin building houses for the poor and on the first day we put up the blocks for three houses...a tremendous amount of work that required the help of man, woman, and child...literally. At the end of that day all were 'pooped'!
• Tues. Back to El Eden to continue building and to begin VBS' and the distribution of many goods such as: clothes, shoes, schools supplies, hygiene packs, toys, etc.
• Wed. El Eden and working in the rain, real rain, blinding rain...miserable rain
• Thur. & Friday...more VBS', many people prayed for to accept the Lord, and 3 houses completed.
• Sat....spent the morning w/Angel in surgery for a benign tumor under his tongue...he's home and in great shape....found Jesus was H-pyloric positive and picked up 3 kinds of meds for him, Rosa has an ear ache and Karen has a stomach ache, but all will be fine.
• Mauricio, Fabiola, & Gershon (for two of the days) worked with the teams and made themselves proud. They were great examples for us all.

We had great teams (and family), accomplished much work, and touched many lives for the Kingdom! In between times the computer was down and the work kept me too tired to blog even when I got the computer back. Will try to do better.......