Friday, we spent the morning working on the church at Carmen Bajo. We had various projects going on...building a classroom, painting, and major clean-up.
During the afternoon, youth went on a cable car ride while others went to a market looking for bargains.
Friday evening we had an awesome celebratory service at the church. We worshipped in English, Espanol, and Spanglish. Ninas from the Compassion Program performed a dance for us. Many goodbyes were said and many tears were shed. Our amigos from Carmen Bajo promised to pray for us as we will continue to pray for them.
It is bittersweet for our team as we leave our Carmen Bajo amigos and look forward to returning to our families, jobs, school, and friends.
Please pray for our safe return and that we take what we learned in Carmen Bajo and use it in our daily lives.
Jackie
Hello,
It's Erin. Yesterday was our last day at Carmen Bajo. In the morning we all went to the church and worked hard to put everything together for the worship service that evening. I, along with some others, wiped down benches and chairs, did a little painting, and cleaned the carpet in the church. For lunch we went down the hill to the compassion project. While there we had a little time to see some of the children and buy some awesome stuff from the women who work there.
After lunch our youth and some adults along with their youth went up the mountain in cable cars and the rest of us went to a really neat market. Those of us who went shopping got a lot of stuff and everyone was happy with their purchases.
We had a very nice service at the church in the evening. It was full of worship in both English and Spanish and the three of us who got baptized Thursday night gave our testimonies. It was awesome to see how the people responded to our words. After the service we had a time of good-byes with the people at the church. For me it was a very emotional time, having to leave these people who have had such an impact on my life and after such a short time with them. I became very close with a 5-year-old child named Lisa Naomi, and as I was hugging her good-bye I said "te amo" (I love you). She looked up at me with teary eyes and said "te amo" back to me. It was such a blessing to know that even though we do not speak the same language I still had an impact on her. I pray that she, along with everyone at Carmen Bajo will always remember the love we shared with them and the love they shared with us.
See you soon,
Erin
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