After the very hard, very laborious, and very strained weekend we had (wink wink), it was very tough to get up by 6:15am for devotionals. But luckily we have three amazing musicians to help kick start our coffee in the morning! Shout out to Annabeth, Kevin, and Sarah Young for that!
Today we travelled to a village that's nicknamed "The Dump" and accurately so. This village is located right next to a landfill. The people living here build their "houses" from the remaining trash in the landfill. Many people used tarps and bags to build structures to live in. Although one good storm would probably cause a lot of damage to this village. The village smelled exactly how you would expect a landfill to smell. There was the added bonus of smoke in the air from trash burning not too far away. Every once in an while we'd see wild pigs roaming around (and they were the biggest pigs I'd seen a while!) Clinic ran very smoothly! One thing we noticed immediately is because these people come from so little, they were the most gracious for medicines and the most receptive to hear about the gospel. One student noted that one lady "lit up when I asked if she was a Christian! And she lit up even more-- which I didn't think was possible-- when I said we were brothers and sisters in Christ!" The attitude that these people had was astounding given their destitute living situation. I guess that goes to prove that even when your physical wealth is lacking, when you believe in Christ, you have all the wealth you need! And everyone on the trip embodies this notion! Typically we have an Evangelism station at clinic where patients go to address their spiritual health. However, the students on this trip are addressing spiritual needs right during the medical stations! It's not their "job" for that station but everyone knows it's our "job" as Christians to spread the Gospel and continue His work through our work! It's amazing to see everyone work together for one common goal! Once back at SCORE, we had an amazing dinner and nighttime devotional. Tonight was game four of the NBA finals and we were able to Facebook Live that event! Other people played a card game called Nerst (which turned out to be the most hyped and sweatiest game of solitaire I've played in my life)! Prayers for more amazing days ahead and prayers for our words to speak as God wants them to so we can glorify Him!
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