Monday, June 25, 2012

DR UPDATE - go team!


big day today!  our first day of all our official projects!  the boys team (minus pastor jim...) all got up early and set off for Children With A Hope to tear down the current roof of the kitchen, build a cement block wall to bring more height to the building and begin trusses for a new roof!  their work was definitely super sweaty!  they worked so hard and somehow kept smiles on their faces...a few with very sun kissed faces indeed!




the dental team and the vbs teams left together for our big journey of "throwing starfish back into the ocean...one by one!"  inspired to make a difference "to that ONE"...we prayed our way to both centers for the day.  i (jen) went to CWAH first...woohoo!  you should have seen all the kids!  so many excited happy faces...i used my best "hola's" and many asked me to take their picture.  at least 200 kids were all eager to get started with their "special camp"!  another VBS team was able to go to Cien Fuegos center...they had over 100 kids total for the morning and afternoon sessions.  the girls there were doing an amazing job in this tiny little space with no air!  the kids were so sweet and want so much attention...they all love to have their picture taken here and want to see it right away...thank goodness for digital cameras!
the dental team was ready and began treating kids and would continue ALL DAY...what troopers!  i had the opportunity to watch a few of the team interacting and treating the kids...they were doing a super job..."the sun goes up, the rain comes down, the choo-choo goes around and around!" they were even able to treat a few of the helpers from the center. :)  they are all "Shining for Jesus" with clean teeth!!




i can't tell you how happy i am to have miss dulce here with me.  she is espanol jen!  she has a great passion for teaching kids and also is quite animated...and completely speaks their language.  she has been a welcome side kick and i know we have quite a few memories to be made together this week.  we are changing ALOT of things for tomorrow...flexibility is the key!!!  we want it to be the best opportunity to give Jesus to all we come into contact with.  although organized planning is ALWAYS helpful...flexible organized planning is the best!  our team did an amazing job today...i was so proud of all of them!  pouring out your heart, your time, your best hugs...it all matters to them.





my kids in kids world will be so happy to see the pictures of the backpacks they raised money for...and the bag tags they made were tied with love by each child to their own backpack!  so many people are a part of this trip we are on...and so many of you are praying...we are so grateful.  God is protecting us and providing great opportunities for us!



*crazy moment today:  the dental team was using a pressure cooker to sterilize their instruments used for teeth.  it was near the end of the day and many of us were in the common food area.  jamie davis samuels was in the little kitchen checking on the pot...we all thought we could smell something strange...she thought maybe the handle was melting???  suddenly...BOOM!!!!  the lid of the pressure cooker shot into the air, tossing all the instruments everywhere!  i had just looked in there a split second before it happened and saw jamie...we had NO IDEA what had just happened!  i asked jamie if she was okay...a quiet and unsure "I'm fine..."  came from the kitchen.  can't even remember who ran in next...jamie left the kitchen. :)  in the kitchen they found instruments all over the place!  at least two of them were "driven" into the wood beams above!!  the lid of the pot was completely warped and the pot itself was scarred with black stains!  with more investigating, we found that jamie WAS fine.  God had placed protection around her that very moment.  definitely her WOW moment!  so, prayer works friends!  our God is faithful...i know none of us will ever forget that sound or the moment we realized what had happened.


we will have stories that will stay with us forever...a trip like this...we will all never be the same

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