After two nights in Awas Tingni it
was such a blessing to shower and sleep in our clean beds back on the FEI
compound. After our much needed rest we were greeted once again with a
wonderfully prepared hot breakfast of fresh fruit, eggs, and pancakes. After
breakfast we walked up the street to the Verbos Church were we would worship.
The
worship experience here was one of the best experiences of the trip. The
majority of the songs were in Spanish, but our group didn’t seem to mind and
sang and clapped along with the congregation. The worship team was amazing and
it was such a great experience for us all; they even sang a song or two in
English! The message was brought to us by one of Jeff Thompson’s friends who
was visiting for the week. He was an American so the entire sermon was in
English and translated by Pastor Earl. The topic was about entering into a
friendship with Jesus.
After
Church we ran back to the compound, as it had been raining hard all morning,
and had a delicious soup made by some of the ladies of the church. It consisted
of many locally grown vegetables, some beef, and rice; it was amazing. Much to
our dismay we learned that we would not be traveling to the beach in the
afternoon as originally planned due to the rain, which was still coming down
with no sign of stopping. So the afternoon was spent in discussion with our
team and allowed for a lot of time for reflection of our time in the village
and our trip thus far. Before dinner Zac, Jared, Tim, and I spent some time
trying to find some ripe mangos and coconuts which were growing on the
compound. The fresh fruit was delicious.
Our
dinner was amazing and reminded many of us of home…we had pizza! Freshly made
pizza was brought over from a restaurant owned by the Church across the street
from the compound along with freshly baked doughnuts! It was all so good and we
all had a wonderful time eating and fellowshipping with one another. After
dinner Rachel led some of the group in a Zumba lesson which was entertaining
for all. (some of us are not very good.haha) We then had devotions and are
heading off to bed after a refreshing Sabbath prepared for our last full day of
work tomorrow.
“Lord we thank you for your protection over us as we were in
the village. We thank you for this day of recharging and relaxation so that we
can finish strong on the work that needs to be done. Amen”
-Eric
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