Today was a different experience for the VBS team. The school we went to is very new and has almost nothing in it. There were only 35 children so we thought "piece of cake." Then we discovered that we had forgotten the batteries that were charging for the sound sysem-without that, we have no music as the place had no electricity at all yet. So we had to send our loco ant back with one of the drivers to get the batteries while the rest of us became very flexible and improvised our normal schedule! The music arrived and the kids did love it. There was one little boy who loved the Hokey Pokey-he was so cute. I hope that someone got good photos of him. We have some video that we want to put on here that will give you an idea of some of the places and children. The area where the this school is located is one of the roughest in the area and we just left with a very sad feeling-the feeling of wishing we could do more. The children were so precious and beautiful. When our session was over and the children had left with their parents and we were waiting for the bus, our team gathered in a corner and prayed for this community and the teacher and the children.
The eyeglass clinic was next door to us and they worked non stop to over fit over 90 people with reading glasses and sunglasses. There is a huge need for this here. They were told to prepare for 75 so they have run out of the low strength glasses already.
The construction team is back at work after lunch and they are painting and getting other things finished up. They got the roof on and it is amazing what they have accomplished. El Ayudante works hard to reunite families by helping the families provide a way to earn a living and to give them safe housing if the children return.
Packing to take food to the barrio
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