Great Job in LaLimonada

Good Evening! It's 10:15 p.m. and what another God-filled day again!

Yesterday, many of us were somewhat frustrated with the way the Day School was going and so last night we problem solved ways we could improve it today. Only through God's grace were we able to have a great day today in Day Camp. The students were so much better behaved, and we all agree it was because God was enabling us in wonderful ways. One thing that was a huge praise was the way that we couldn't control or keep the 12-15 yr olds engaged or interested. So we completely changed the format just for their 20 min time and it was miraculous the change. In the morning, Max shared from his heart his testimony and the students were completely enthralled with what he had to share. It was a complete change from the day before. Yea God!

The work project is going extremely well also. It's amazing what so many can accomplish. One of the work projects is to build a cement block retaining wall at the very top of the hill in LaLimonada and it totally tests all the physical stamina we have. We've been hauling sand bags, dirt, stone, and cement block via assembly line up the hill for the last 2 days. We're hoping that tomorrow we're able to start building the retaining wall. The reason for the wall is to stop the mountain from running through their house every time it rains. The owners are beside themself with gratefulness. Tita told us that even if the family could afford a contractor to build this wall, absolutely no one would do it because it's such a difficult job. The entire family helps us with the work and digs right in. The wife is traveling with block, sand, etc down slippery slopes right along with us, but in flip-flops! That shows how much she appreciates it. By the way we hauled 300 of these cement blocks just today, and that isn't counting the other 200 the other work project group hauled today! Your kids are work horses! :)

God again provided in a beautiful way. You know---sometimes you don't get to actually see God keeping you safe as a result of prayers. At those times His guardians keep us safe and we never know it, but today we actually got to see his protection. As we were hauling cement block up the hill and passing block to each other, Laura Louwerse received a block and it swiveled in her hand and came down directly on her foot! She was in much pain and not sure if she had broken some toes. At the time, she wasn't able to touch any part of her toes and it would hurt. She was carried back down the hill, and wheelbarrowed back to Joel's car where he took her to a trusted hospital to get x-rays. A couple hours later, we received the glorious news that nothing was broken and that she was coming back to the school! Glory to God! Thank You for showing us your protection for these students! She walked back into the school to many hugs! As you can guess, it was one of our Yea God's for the evening! :)

Some other Yea God's:
-the daily devos that we're going through in small groups are exactly what we need to hear for each day
-Assembly Lines!!
-that we don't have to haul any more bricks!
-prayer partners
-strength (this morning the whole group looked completely fatigued, but they all served with smiles on their faces and were carried by the prayers of the people)
-3 meals a day
-Tita/Joel
-Imodium! (yea, we now have some with travelers diarrhea)
-laughter (we do a ton of that!)
-Heather sharing her testimony today with the school's teachers

The group was able to get to bed a littler earlier tonight and were much appreciative of that. And guess what---it's now 10:35 and I'd like to go to bed too! :)

Talk with you tomorrow! Tami