The Journey Continues

   Our first groups of the summer left the Mole early Friday morning. Both groups did great things this past week and I was especially blessed to work alongside the Wolfforth, Texas group. We spent the week painting the inside of the school, cleaning up the soccer field, holding soccer camps, visiting the fishing village of Kapafu, loving on the orphans, doing hut to hut evangelism and digging a hole for the septic tank for the Castillo’s new house—well the boys did most of he digging. J my favorite parts of the week were just getting to know and serve the Wolfforth group, going to Kapafu, and doing hut to hut evangelism. Seriously, the Wolfforth group had great leaders and team members with great attitudes and hearts! They definitely set a high standard for the rest of the groups this summer. on Tuesday we headed to Kapafu by boat. First of all, I love travelling by boat. Secondly, groups have been unable to travel to Kapafu for over a year because every time they would prepare to leave the sea was to rough. For our trip, God stilled the water and there were barely any waves at all. It was so awesome to be able to share with the people of Kapafu that God had calmed the waves that day just so we could visit them. The people of Kapafu all said how excited they were that we finally were able to visit them. On the groups ‘ last day we spent the afternoon doing hut to hut evangelism. It started out fairly rough, but then the group of guys that I was with started to get te hang of it. My favorite house that we visited was the house of a Christian family. We started by talking to the father of the family through his fence. We were about to pray for him and move on, but he invited us to join him on his porch. He then made sure that we all sat down. We asked him about his family and he had his wife come out and meet us. She was slightly embarrassed at first because she thought she was dirty from working in the kitchen, but honestly all of us were much dirtier than she was. Haha. After some more “small talk,” we shared some Scripture with them and they had their son bring out their Creole Bible so that they could read the verse. The father of this family then proceeded to tell us that it did not matter the color of our skin—whether we were black, white, purple, or brown—we were all united in Christ as brothers and sisters. It was then that the love of God was clearly shown on the faces of this brother and his wife. It was SO beautiful. Our visit with this family was so encouraging and gave me so much hope. I honestly hope to visit this family as many times as possible this summer in order to encourage them to continue to be a welcoming light in the darkness that surrounds them. The hardest part of the week was watching the boys dig the hole for the septic tank. I attempted to help dig for a little while, but upper body strength is just not one of the gifts that God has given me. J I was definitely very impressed and thankful that the guys were willing to dig the hole despite how hot, sweaty, and dirty it made them.

            The past few days since our group has left, we have enjoyed being able to spend time just relaxing and resting up for our next string of groups that will be non-stop from June 11^th to June 27^th. It has been fun to be able to spend time just hanging out and talking with Haylee, Emily, Darlene, and Miss Beth. We also have enjoyed exploring more of the Mole and planning some new things for our next teams. I am seriously super excited for all that God has planned for these next groups. I know that He has BIG things planned and I am so excited and privileged that He has invited me to be a part of it. Please be praying for God’s glory and power to be revealed to the people of the Mole. Also, please continue to pray for health, energy, and safety for all of us.

Bondye beni ou!