In the Field! - Day 1

Today is exciting! We begin distributing our water filters and teaching hygiene lessons while sharing the gospel with the families. 

We arrived at our destination and got to work quickly. We started to assemble the filters and prepped for our lessons. 

Those working with the kids got to hang out outside and teach them lessons and do a Bible study and then played a couple of games. The team members working with the adults had similar lessons and a Bible study. They had an engaging group who were asking a lot of questions and applauded the team members after each lesson! You could hear their gratitude from outside!

We then distributed 50 water buckets to the families. It was heart warming to see how thankful they were to receive their new water filters. A moment that I found special was an older man who was so proud of himself that he was able to demonstrate how the filter worked and with the back washing that he clapped and said “I did it!” with a huge smile!

We learned a lot about the community we are helping and how they live. A moment that stuck out the most to me was the woman who owns the community center. She volunteers and serves about 100 kids a week with meals. She has a very big heart and loves her community and looks for opportunities to help them. We also got the opportunity to see a blue house that MOST ministry’s helped build in this same community a couple of years ago! 

It’s only day one on the field and God has showed us so many amazing moments with this community. We are looking forward to returning tomorrow with the gospel and distributing more water filters. 

I also want to mention how proud I am of our  youngest team member. It’s her first mission trip and she is one hard worker. It was great to see her pray for our group and read us a devotion this evening. 

This evening we ended our night with prepping another 150 water filters and enjoyed more fellowship time together!