Our first short term Missions Team!

This past week we said goodbye to 11 new friends. For 6 days we were part of hosting a short term mission’s team from Mt. Christian Church in New Mexico. Mt. Christian Church has partnered with FH Bolivia to establish a C2C (Church to Community) relationship with a neighborhood bordering Sucre. This was Mt. Christian’s second trip to Bolivia over the past year so a good relationship between the neighborhood of Horna C’Kasa B and the church has been established. The team of 11 members helped with various events throughout the week and participated along with the families of Horna C’Kasa B in a variety of activities. On Sunday FH hosted a community wide event along with the local church, Shekina, to celebrate family and the importance of God’s role for the family. There were a variety of trainings focusing on the role of the father, mother, obedience by children etc, as well as games for all ages. Below are a few pictures of participants in the games.

John giving a lesson on honoring your parents to a group of 6-12 year olds.

Mom and Daughter egg race

Winners of the Father and Son three legged race

Another highlight of the week was the opportunity that the team members had to visit their sponsored children and the child’s family. The worth that the families in Horna C’Kasa received from having “friends” come and share with them was immeasurable. You could visually see the excitement they had to share their story with their visitors and welcome them into a glimpse of their life. The visits were extremely powerful as well for the team members. To have the opportunity to meet and hear the story of these families is humbling, exciting and heart wrenching all at the same time. It was a blessing for Jennie and I to be apart of these visits and help facilitate the translation process.

The visit from Mt. Christian Church was a great reminder of the power of obedience by God’s people across the world. They came with such great attitudes and desire to see God honored with their time in Bolivia. They were an encouragement to us as a family and a blessing to share a week with. We are looking forward to their next visit in July!