EHCA Do Something 1:8

Today was another busy day, but we'll try to give a few details tonight! ☺

This morning, we broke into groups for working. One group returned to the church where we poured a concrete floor yesterday. The first half of the floor was dry, so we finished the other half today. This is the same church where we attended services last night and will host a family night tomorrow night. They are very excited to finally have a real floor!

One group worked on building an adobe house. They mixed the mud for mortar and laid a row of bricks. Other teams will help complete the house for this family in the weeks to come.

Two team members traveled up the mountain to help with a mobile dental clinic. They helped take care of the needs of people who don't have access to dental care.

In the afternoon, part of the team worked in the Learning Center, playing games with local children. Some of the games were focused on learning English, and some were focused on math. After that, we all helped with Sports Camp. Thirty-two 9th grade students from a local school arrived on the back of a truck for our camp. These students get their PE credit by coming here to El Ayudante. We were able to share a devotional with them, and then we played volleyball. There was some stiff competition, but everyone had a lot of fun!

This evening, we heard from the director of El Ayudante, who presented the vision of this organization. He talked about the projects they have completed and the ones they are still praying about. El Ayudante currently serves an area of 60 square miles with hopes to expand. He asked for our support and prayers as they seek to reach out to as many people as possible with the gospel of Christ while meeting basic needs.

Now we are ready to collapse into bed for some much-needed rest before our water filter adventure tomorrow. We are going far up into the mountains to provide water filters for 8 families. We will leave early in the morning and won't return until dinner time! Be praying for our team as we meet these families and share God's love with them.