After a night of thunderstorms, I wondered if we would be able to continue with our work at Living Way to finish our gardening, not landscaping, which we thought was the right term today. We proceeded to the facility and the rains would come and go as we worked. Jeff Jenkins, another student on the trip writes:
"Today at the Ocean View Township we changed things up. Instead of working in the Kids Club doing lessons and games, we walked around the community visiting individual families in their homes."
"When in their homes we talked with them about how they thought Living Hope and the Kids Clubs in the community helped them and their children. The responses were positive in every home that we visited. The parents spoke to us of how their children would come home every day and be excited to share with them what they had learned that day. The parents also stressed the fact that those few extra hours that the kids are at the clubs after school each week helps them tremendously to be able to get things done. Going into these homes and seeing first hand the living conditions of these families, as one of my fellow students said, was very humbling."
"It made us think of how blessed we are to have the comfort and things that we have. Personally, I feel that this experience helped me to not take as much for granted. Also the presence of God in the community with these children was amazing, because even though they have so little, they still are very happy and thankful."
Well the lesson for today is to be humble and thankful for God's blessings wherever you are.
Until next time.
Bernard Turner