Today was a great day filled with many memorable experiences. We started our day visiting Alliance Academy where Hanna Miller attends High School and where Brad spent his first five years working with the chaplains office. It is an amazing school with a renewed emphasis on being a outreach post to Ecuadorians and International students.
From there we spent the rest of the day working with and learning from the kids and leaders at Casa Gabriel. Casa G as they call it is a home for street kids unlike any you have ever seen or experienced. They work very hard at training these street boys to become leaders for Christ. We heard some amazing testimonies and had a great afternoon of working on many projects including electricity, painting, cleaning, building and other various jobs. The highlight was getting to know the boys and hearing about the difference Jesus makes in their lives.
A boy by the name of Juan Miguel shared with us his story of coming to Casa G. After leaving a home with an abusive step father he turned to the streets to survive. He survived by juggling and petty theft. His life was changed after being introduced to Jesus and after many twists and turns he landed at Casa G where he has become a house leader and is pursuing his dream of serving Jesus through music.
It was a great day and the team still likes each other check out our day below. And by the way Chuck (Charles) Kenow is one funny dude! It rained most of the day, and fairly cool.
Andrea painting the bathroom (picture out of order, blogger error)
Brad, Hanna and her friend at Alliance Academy
Sally working on the cleaning crew
Miguel, helping with the painting
Pete and Phil Douce, Casa G leader, listening to Juan Miguel's story
Lunch time!
Rick and Tom remodeling furniture
Charles (Chuck) enjoying "Sunshine Yellow"
Larry and Pete installing a light fixture (yes, it worked)
Linda, Gina, Amy and Sandi - ready to paint
Kandace and Barb, shower cleaners experts
Kadance - stuck?
Juan Miguel, Jose Luis and Alajandro sharing a song they wrote
Great having the blog- glad you all arrived safely and are having a good time! We are praying for you and for many God-given conversations and open-doors.
ReplyDeleteOh, and what a surprise- my dad is funny? :P just kidding. Tell him hello!
Cortney (Chuck's daughter) :)
What a great day you had! Looks like a lot of manual labor - good job! I'm praying for you each day.
ReplyDeleteMike Sabbann