Team Updates...with Pictures!

We have had another great day with the Hope Team.   The team continues to amaze us with their talents, and their hearts to serve and love on the people of Bolivia!  Here are some updates from today.

Ravelo:  We were able to make a call today.  They are reporting that everyone is feeling great and that the food has been awesome!  They were able to do some home visits which was very impactful on the team.   Another highlight they shared was from their first day.  The pastor of the churched told the team that she had been praying for 3 years that an evangelical team would come and visit their community.  The Hope Team was the answer to her prayers!  They are the very first Christian group that has ever come to Ravelo! I'm sure God is using them in amazing ways.

Sorry...no pics!  :(

Alta Munyapata:  It was a FULL day that is still going on for the team as I write this blog.  The team has spent most of their day at a new neighborhood call La Istanbul (I'm sure I didn't spell that right!)  Our Hope group was able to help lead a "lesson" at the church in the morning about being good stewards of creation.  Following the lesson, the team split up into groups with members of the congregation and spent several hours cleaning up trash in the community.  After lunch, the women's ministry of the church shared with the team about the different aspects of their ministry and the Hope Team in turn was able to give these women some words of encouragement.  Next we all loaded up into the bus and headed to another venue to take part in a special marriage seminar that FH was doing for the Alta Munyapata neighborhood.  Throughout the day couples had been invited to attend this marriage seminar, and the team was able to join them for the renewing of their vows!  It was a really neat ceremony and wonderful to see these Bolivian couples committing their lives to each other and to God.  After the ceremony, I (Jennie) parted ways with the team to put Ella to bed.  But the team headed back out to the church in La Istanbul, where they are participatig in a teen talent night with other teenagers from the church.

I've attached a slide show with pictures form the last few days.  Everyone is still healthy and I am still hearing comments about how much fun they are having.  (We are also having a blast sharing in this adventure with them!)


PS  If you click on the slideshow below, you can see the pictures a bit larger and with captions!