blog 7

Title: "When are you coming back?"
Body: This is the question many of the people in the village asked our team as we finished our town meeting. There were several sorrowful partings and great things that God did. Emma met a sweet little girl named Evelyn that literally would not let go of her neck. She jokingly called this sweet girl her "carry-on" as she did not think that she would be able to let her go.

 

Our optometrist station had a line of 20 for most of the day. Our dentist pulled over 100 teeth. Our family portrait team took pictures of 23 families. Our promo team, as they walked around the village, led 4 people to Christ. We installed a swing in the village that caused a mob of children to rush, so we left an extra one for the church pastor who will have his church built in the next week. At our town meeting, more than 40 children raised their hands to want to call Jesus their friend and savior for the first time. My favorite though is the older adults who are in the back that truly have their heads down and hands raised and are faithfully repeating the prayer to receive Christ.

 

We have already moved the boat and are docked outside the next village. The breeze is cool. The lights are dimmed on the boat to lessen bugs, music is playing and there is constant chatter and laughs on the top desk of the boat.