Okay. Today is the leaders’ turn to post to the blog.
Today was our third and last day at the Abraham Project. We took turns/shifts between working with the kids at the daycare and doing various manual labor tasks – pulling nails and staples from boards, moving scaffolding and concrete blocks from the parking area, and moving broken fence sections out of the way. The students seemed to have a great time, and kept a good attitude during all of the above.
Before leaving the Project, we were led through a short debrief time by Jonathan (our in-country host) and Steve (the Children’s Home director). The students (and us leaders) were given the chance to share about our experiences, and it was reinforced that what we’ve been working on – though it may have seemed small – makes an incredible difference when combined with the work of all the other teams, past and future.
You have raised some pretty cool kids. Though this week has flown by, we have gotten to see the maturity, thoughtfulness, and faithfulness of this team in many ways; they don’t complain during manual labor, they give their all when playing with kids, and they are pretty darn hilarious when playing our nightly games of Mafia & Quiddler. As leaders, we feel like we’ve been spoiled because we’ve basically just been hanging out with fun people this week, and getting to watch them grow in their faith and character. Our small group times have given us space to really process what they have been seeing and feeling, and they really seem to be “getting it.” We have confidence that the streets and schools of Bellevue are going to feel the impact of students who have really had a heart-changing experience.
Joe, John, Jess and Kat
PS We will be arriving into Seatac at 9:41pm Friday Aug 13, 2010 from Houston on Continental.
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