We Had to Say Goodbye. :(
Good Morning!
Sorry that
we are just now posting again. Yesterday was a very hard day on all of us
because we had to say goodbye to all of the students. We started off the day
going to the first Vision Trust project, Huerera School. It was definitely hard
to see the neighborhood and the poverty. Huerrera School however has flourished
with the help of Vision Trust and the Church they partner with. The school has
almost 600 students; the first half come in the morning and the second half
come in the afternoon. They are a
private k-12 school and have now had 6 graduating classes. We were able to see
the opening ceremony for the school where they read from God’s Word and then
sang worship songs together. It was so simple and yet very powerful. After
that, we walked around the neighborhood and saw the way the people lived in
this area. The houses were extremely small and stacked on top of one another.
There is no trash system, so they use the river. They throw away their trash
into the river and wait for the rain to come and wash it all away. It was very
hard to see, especially the fact that there were many kids wandering around the
neighborhood who aren’t able to attend school. It’s amazing the impact that
Vision Trust has already made and how they continue to work with the people in
this area.
After
Huerrera we went to the botanical gardens with all of the students from the
Deaf School. It was so much fun and very educational. The students were able to
tour around the gardens and the teachers translated about all of the plants.
Then, they took a small train ride around the whole park and saw all of the
amazing plants from numerous countries. After that, we had lunch and talked a
lot with the students. Then all of the students sat on the lawn where they signed
worship songs and praised the Lord right there in the middle of the garden. A
few of the older kids even acted out the crucifixion of Jesus, while one of the
teachers shared Christ's story. It was AMAZING! After that the sad part came
where we had to start saying goodbye to all of the students. Many tears were
shed and leaving them was very hard for our team and the students. We also had to say goodbye to two of our team
members as they headed off for the airport, Trish and Hannah. Goodbyes are
never easy.
However, we
had a great time last night as a team. We shared a meal and talked a lot about
all of the kids and the week. We even took time to play some games. Which was
hilarious! I wish we had a video of us all playing the game Ninja. We even had
Cheryll, Diane, and Lisa playing. It was great!
Well today is our last day, we are about to head out so I
have to go. But we love you all and thank you for all your prayers!
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