This morning we went to Iglesia Bautista Missionario (the church down the street from Score International) for an enriching time of fellowship, teaching, and worship with our Dominican brothers and sisters in Christ. Even when the power went out cutting off the music, the church never stopped singing. We might have been singing a different language, “Jesucristo basta”, yet we were still worshipping the same God who is always enough even in our weakness and depravity. We also heard a sermon on Acts 3 where Peter heals a lame man outside of Solomon’s portico. While Peter did heal the man’s physical needs, he points to the man’s ultimate spiritual need- the saving work of Jesus Christ. In this passage, Peter says to the man, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” This is the motivation behind our work this week- healing physical needs while pointing our patients to the hope found in Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.
Despite the rain after church, our spirits couldn’t be dampened and we made our way to the beach this afternoon. We spent the afternoon swimming, reading, throwing a frisbee, and building a community with the locals through beach volleyball. Our small game with some friends we made this morning at church from Climb (a gap year program for students), turned into a crowded competition with the locals joining both teams. You could hear the crescendo of noise across the beach. It was incredible building a community with the locals even when we couldn’t speak the same language. It gave us a lot of hope for the upcoming week as we venture into other communities. Our evening ended with worship, sharing testimonies, and building relationships among our team and with our new friends at Climb. We look forward to serving the communities’ physical and spiritual needs. We’ll be sure to add pictures from the beach to tomorrow’s blog- for now, it’s off to prepare for our week!
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