Today was a good day off, with lots of sunburns as we shopped around local markets.
The BEST part of the day (aside from a beautiful team lunch overlooking the ocean) was visiting the house that we built last year. HOLY SMOKES. It brought me to tears...again. As we arrived, Jaqueline was busy cleaning her windows. Her face lit up as we pulled up. Rosario, her father, and Joan, her son, came out of the house with HUGE smiles. Their place looked transformed. They had planted beautiful plants all around a new cement walkway to the front of their house. Inside, they had installed new white floor tiles, had gotten a TV and a couch. The whole thing looked SO homey. And to see the same furniture we got them brought back so many memories.
Highlight within a highlight? As we walked into their living room, I looked on the wall and saw the painting that Claire Watts (a kid from our Sunday School) had painted for them last year. Made my day!
We spent this last night around a little campfire, sharing good stories. We'll be sorry to part ways tomorrow with Theo who is staying behind for another week. In San Diego, we'll be parting ways with Marcella, Lee and Nicole. And then we will slowly make our way back to West Vancouver.
Please pray for safety as we cross back into the US, and fly back to Bellingham.
Thank you for reading. Thank you for praying. Thank you for your support.
My heart is full.
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| La Bufadora - cruisin' the markets! |
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| Lunch at Habana Banana. |
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| The red and white painting on the wall is Claire Watts'! :D This is inside the house we built last year. |
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| Just amazing to see how much it had changed! It really felt like a home. |
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| Jaqueline teared up while talking to us, thanking us for how we had changed their lives. It was humbling to see the difference a whole year in. Ya. Wow. |
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| Those of us who helped build the house along with the family. |
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