Playground Finished on to More Work

Day 5 of work reminded me of our first workday: Hot and some hard work. We hauled over 50 wheelbarrows filled with rock, sand, and cement to pour a foundation. We finished the playground yesterday
Click to view video of playground so today was left to help with other projects around the school and clean up the playground area. We look forward to seeing the children play on the playground Monday morning. If you don’t see a blog post the next few days know we have a late night Saturday night, have church on Sunday, and head to the airport Monday around 1:30. We will try to post something sometime Sunday if the internet café is open.

Also check out the video of Mike making friends with the security check person at the airport

On a team note we had Bible study last night about Trusting God. These young men are so open to what God has for them right now I can’t praise him enough. We finished the Bible study by writing things on rocks we found on the road. They wrote down things that they had not fully trusted the Lord with but today were willing to surrender and trust him with it. This morning we threw the rocks back into the sugarcane fields to symbolically give our trust (rocks) back to him.

Some of the comments from the young men during our sharing time have been very moving. “I don’t know where I’d be without God using Youth for Christ in my life” was what one of them said. Another said, “I’m so glad God put me on this trip…it has changed my life in so many ways.” Another talked about the level of trust that he has felt as a part of this team, and that the walls he normally has around him have come down completely. Two of them have talked about a desire to come back as a part of the 6 week internship program Kids Alive has. God is most definitely changing our lives in various ways…may He continue that work to completion!

If you did not see the video yesterday go back to the last post and click on the link to see video of our guys dancing with the children and us building the playground. I am also adding more video that you will see links to below.

Thanks you for your prayers please continue to pray for our young men as we prepare for coming home on Monday that the Lord would protect the seeds that have been planted this week and that they would have the strength and courage to protect and cultivate those same seeds.

Todd
Check addition construction video