Day 2 Trujillo

What a rewarding day! We were to go to Villa Hermosa, our barrio, today to put on a carnival for the children. This picture was just prior to the start of the carnival. There must have been close to 300 children that came out! It was absolutely amazing to see the kids come to the common area when the music started. They were all so anxious to get started with the games that were set up for them. Our team had games from ring toss, face painting and even beat the goalie! It´s all soccer here! The kids absolutely love it and are always playing it. And then to see the smile on their faces was worth it all! What a great day in a such terrible surroundings. These people live in mud brick houses that many times are no more than a two or three rooms with a combined 30 x 30. And many times they live in them unfinished because there is no money.
While we were not suppose to work on the community center today...we did. Our team started clearing dirt, sand and a lot of rock from the floor area. We are about halfway through and they are going to begin pour cemet for the floor tomorrow. The community center in the future will double as church for Villa Hermosa.


That´s it for now. The team will join for supper, devotions and then get a good night sleep for another big day tomorrow.

God Bless and lots of love to all!

Mitch