What a week! Since Monday, we have been tying up loose ends preparing for another visit to Chincha. We are heading to the airport late tonight to pick up the Azalea City Church of God mission team. This is our home church in Valdosta, Georgia.
We look forward to finishing most of Pastor Bauptista's house; the one started back in June (See previous post for the scope on this). Our goal is to complete the wall panels, install the roof, the doors, complete the kitchen and washroom/bathrooms and possibly pour the floor. We would like to install electrical and connect the plumbing as well. Hopefully we can move the Pastor and his family to their new home by the end of next week. The ACCOG team has 17 people, so I do believe we will have more than enough hands to get the job completed.
We will be in Chincha for seven days, July 9-15. Along with construction, Bible lessons are planned at two local schools, evening services in 3 different communities and two days of intense training for seminary students. We will be sharing the gospel through songs, puppet shows, skits, and Veggie Tales! Our interns and others from the church team will be orchestrating these lessons during the week.
We also plan to teach the kids how to play baseball! Kids in Chincha are not familiar with America's favorite sport so the Georgia team will be bringing baseball bats, balls, mits and some really good teachers.
We schedule for this week is packed, so please lift us up in prayer that the construction, Bible lessons, and baseball go well.