Divided and Conquered!

Today was a little different we split up into two teams. One team went to paint Pastor Victor's Church and the other group went to a local Foster Home. Pastor Miguel, Miguel R, Ross, Craigo and Elias (our driver) went to a local church and painted the inside. It is interesting to see the festive colors of their choosing compared to ours. Many of the homes are painted bright greens, blues, purples, etc, so this fits right in! Pastor Mike will be preaching in this church bright and early tomorrow morning!

The second team went to visit a local foster home up the hill called Hogar "Peniel". The married couple Celtina and Misael Pineda built and operate this facility which houses 4 adopted children as well as their own natural born son Patrick. Monday through Friday they take in local kids, feed them lunch and tell them Bible stories. Part of their vision for the future is to build an amphitheater on their property to rent out to Christian groups as well as harvest coffee to help support their ministry. One thing that became apparent after visiting with the children throughout the week as well as the kids here at this home is that most of these children cannot see themselves in the future as a professionals in society. Karla gave her testimony and Mike R. gave them words of encouragement and HOPE emphasizing that nothing is impossible with God. With God's help each one of them can be anything they want to be.

As a team we discussed that two of the hotel staff with small children were in need of school supplies.  The team unanimously decided to put together two school bag packs filled with school supplies to give to them.  Because of the generosity of the folks at Foothill Vineyard we were able to blessed these women in a very personal way.  

until tomorrow...Coco, Gregorio, Mike R., Craigo and Karlita =)