Day 3

"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  (John 15:12 ESV)"

This is part of the Bible decotion we did this morning with pastor Edwin.  He is the pastor and the harvest in a different town here on the island.  Today it has been a weird day.  The weather is cloudy and its rained a few times today here on the island.  We had a good breakfast with the team and then devotions with pastor Edwin with the sounds of the lake behind us.  We decided as a team that us women will go and help Betty prepare their house for living.

It was amazing to see how the community around them helped to get the house ready.  We all did scrubbing and cleaning and organizing.  They all just started to clean and move the furniture and we washer the floor.  The ladies just started to take a hose and sprayed the walls and floor clean and we used brooms to sweep the water out.  It's a little house that has a tin roof.  No matter the size it is all homey and comfortable now.

Before lunch and over lunch we got to know pastor Edwin's wife Elsie and his kids.  They are so grateful and feel so blessed that we came to support them and help them whatever they need.  We had a great lunch that was cooked by a chef that worked at this hotel and then opened his own little restaurant.  We then walked through the road and houses to Pastor Edwin's house and sat and talked there with Elsie and got to know her and the kids.  We continued to finish to organize Betty's house and now it looks like a real family home.

We met Papi, a man that was like the town drunk and he got saved last year and is a real passionate believer now.  Involved in the church and a very friendly man.  We as a team bonded and went swimming in the lake after dinner.  The lake has waves which is why is sounds like the ocean.  The water is as warm as bath water and its pitch black.

It is just a realization by seeing everything on this island so far that the Lord created it all and that we should not take his creation for granted.  I know for sure when I come back I will definately find someone/people to enjoy God's Creation with me.

Until tomorrow night, adios amigos!!