Lacampa 2021

 This trip has been so good so far. We have done so many things in such a short period of time and still have a full week left. 

Saturday we arrived at the Ruben house. It is a rehab house where pts can live and get the rehab they need. They just have a family member willing to stay and help care for them. They have 2 patients, Rosalina and Ruben. Ruben was the reason that this house was made. I can tell you his story later. But we got to visit and have lunch with them and see their facility. It is beautiful. And we even had a macaw fly down into the trees! The Ruben house is doing so many good things. Ruben can now feed himself and brush his hair to make a few. He couldn’t do anything after he was paralyzed and made a quadriplegic. He now has a smile and a will to live. He gave his testimony in the church where he is from. When we met Ruben there wasn’t a church there and our team came back and we built one for them. 

Sunday we had church with the locals at Torre Fuerte. We were reunited with Pastor Emilio and his wife Marta. Also got to visit with some family/friends. They are our family here. Antonio and his wife and their new little one. Olympia and her family. 

Today we went back to Mescallio (where Ruben is from and where we had one of our first medical clinics) to have children’s worship. We had 33 kids. I think the best part of today was the game. We played head, shoulders, knees and maker. We all lined up in pairs and it was kinda like Simon says but we had to touch one of those parts when called out and when marker was called you had to be the first to grab it off the floor. It was so funny to see them play. 

After this we broke up into groups and went out to peoples homes. It was good to talk with them and pray for them. 2 of the homes where the kids that came to our children’s ministry. We got to talk with their parents and pray for them. One mom asked us to pray for her physically and spiritually. She said she feels so alone and down and doesn’t know what to do. We  encouraged her and talked with her about our personal experiences. I pray God can heal her. One of the ladies from the church was with us and she will pray and follow up with her. 

Me and Jen rode in the back of the trucks today. We felt it was our turn. We should have picked a different day. The ride to Mescallia is a hour on a dirt, holey, hilly, curvy road .  I am already paying for it. With back and hip ache and I think I have found muscles I didn’t know I had!

Well I have lots more to tell but it is late. More to come soon. 

Bendiciones 

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.