A Great Way to Start

Hi Families!

We just walked in the door and I wanted to give you a quick update about our days.  I have so many great photos of the kids, but am just too tired to post any tonight.  Hopefully tomorrow!

Alta Munyapata Team:

This morning the team split into 4 groups and helped work with FH coalitions.  Coalitions are basically programs for sponsored kids that help teach Biblical principles as well as education and health.  Today's lesson was on the creation, fall, resurrection and redemption.  The team participated by sharing a craft project with the kids.

Next each group went on a home visit where they were able to talk to families and gain a better understanding of Bolivian life.  Home visits are always very eye-opening powerful.  The really neat thing about the home visits today was that they were the homes of actual kids that people on the Hope team sponsor.  So, the team visited the homes of Ashley, Courtney, Linsday and Emily's sponsored children!

After lunch, the team visited Horeb Church.  This church does an after-school program for the kids in the Alta Munyapata neighborhood.    The Team did two skits and also lead a craft project with the kids.  The dramas were awesome and the kids loved them.  The team was very creative and nailed it.  You have a lot to be proud of!

After Horeb Church, the team went to a big gymnasium in the area for the "opening ceremonies" of a sports tournament.  There are about 7 different neighborhoods that FH works in and each one put together a soccer team.  The kids from Hope will be their coaches and they will all compete tomorrow.

Following the opening ceremonies, the team came back into town for a nice meal.  As you can see it was a packed day.  I know the Hope kids had an amazing experience as well as the kids from Alta Munyapata.

No health issues today.  Everyone is feeling great!

Ravelo:

We just had time for a 5 min call with the Ravelo team so I don't have a lot of details.  I can report that they arrived safely this morning around 8:30pm.  We know that they helped with some coalitions as well over topics of recycling and the importance of education.  They reported that they had a great day and everyone is healthy and feeling good!

The kids are doing great and really soaking in the experience.  It was a great start to the week and the trip!