Goodbyes Are Hard! - Days 5 & 6

"I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come." (Ephesians 1:16-21 NIV)

Tuesday was a wonderful and unique opportunity! Some of us left the job site and went to pushase books for the library we were buildings! We went to a market full of book vendors of all kinds and were able to purchase almost a thousand dollars worth of books! Thank you to our wonderful brothers and sisters at St. Luke!

Here is a vendor who makes and sells already completed science and school projects that parents can buy for their kids! We asked Viviana if this wasn't cheatings...she said indeed it was!!

Yesterday was our last day in the community. It was wonderful and sad....so emotional! The homes and libraries were blessed. And we even had money left to present to the community to go toward building bookshelves for the library! AND Linda, on behalf of the entire team presented a laptop to the library as well!

As we left, children were waving and crying...including our own! They are a beautiful people and I ask that you continue to pray for them! Thank you for praying for us as well!

Blessed,
Paola

More pictures soon!