July 24th- Armenia

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It's been quite some time since my last post. The last two weeks have been a roller coaster. I'm very busy so I have to make this quick.Last week I was staying and working in Ladyville, where the airport is located. I worked with Ladyville Baptist church and pastor Maurice Westby. The team consisted of a few different churches under an organization called "Erin's gift of Hope". The organization was created a couple years ago in remembrance of Erin, a fifteen year old girl who was killed in a car accident. They were from New Jersey. The team wasn't real spiritually mature as a whole but they were quite the workers. They helped David put up forms to pour cement, the last part of the process before putting the roof on the new church. They also did a VBS in the morning. We did farming out at pastor's farm early in the morning, at like 6am. Funny thing- I was in charge of the farming, up early early everyday. It was a good week. A number of kids were quite challenged in their faith, grew spiritually for sure. As a minister to those doing missions work, it's great to see kids stretched and grow in their faith. I heard one girl share her highlight at the end of the week: "After visiting Dorothy Menzies orphanage early in the week, I asked God to give me a chance to go back, knowing that it wasn't scheduled. Then Patty told me we might be able to go back! That was the first time I actually think God ever heard me." Hearing highlights like that make my work down here all worth while.Another thing that reminds me why i'm working down here is a week like the one i'm participating in right now. I'm working with a team from Texas, Canada, and Tennessee. We're in Armenia, a small spanish village I worked at last year. The team is very hardworking, very fun, a lot of young adults. They are passionate about sharing the Love of God with others. Up until this week, I had been disappointed with a number of the youth groups I worked with; their attitudes, spiritual maturity and work ethic. But this team makes my summer. I love spending time with them, working hard with them, and fellowshipping. Tonight at our nightly meeting, it was so relaxing. We sat and shared for quite some time during highlights, I took requests for the worship songs we sang and then a black scorpion fell from the roof, throwing us all into a frenzy! The team is trying to finish the fence which another team started last year, bracing the posts and putting on the fence wire. They've done ministry at a local orphanage in Belmopan and hopsital ministry. I'm excited about the rest of the week. I myself am currently getting rid of a sore throat that bothered me for 3 days, which turned into a sinus infection, but it's getting quite a bit better and I felt good enough to eat 5 peices of Angel's pizza tonight. God bless.

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