Last Day - Part 2

With hearts aching to say goodbye, we headed towards our last day with the children and youth at the San Antonio Church.

Our time today was to just be. Be available to play. Be available to love these people. Be available to share. Be available to show Jesus.

I so pray these photos give you just the slightest taste of these precious lives we have interacted with this week.

Twins! 

The joy stickers and paper and time and love can bring to children. 

Simple things. 

Today was friendship day, so many of the kiddos made cards to celebrate. 

Soccer, of course, was a part of the day. 

Our faithful spectators

Some of the little ones played too, but in a safer way! 

TJ and Jeremy climbed back up on the scaffolding to get some great shots of the inside of the church building. 

Fun work with the silhouettes too! 

These faces - etched on our hearts. 

We talked today about how similar people are everywhere - desirous of time and affection and care. 

How often do we neglect to offer these gifts in our own contexts, to our own Jerusalem (Acts 1:8) and to our own people? 

Entrusting these we leave behind to Jesus. 

He is more than enough! 

Our day ended with an amazing dinner at a Brazilian restaurant. 

Yes, they did come by and carve meat. 

Oh, y'all, Ah-maz-ing! 

Amber even tried Eden's favorite (a Paraguayan delicacy) - chicken hearts! 

Guess what? It tastes like chicken. 

And then began our goodbyes to our Jesus family staying here. 

How even dearer they have become to our hearts. 

And so this group of twelve, called from different walks of life, embarked upon a journey that is now coming to a close. 

But the story is not over. A new page awaits for the Lord to continue writing upon our hearts what He has in store. 

These moments are treasured memories.