Man are we Tired!!!

Yesterday was a great day we enjoyed an early breakfast and had time to spend with The Lord. What a good start. After this around 8 we hopped on a bus and went to the downtown area of San Jose. We went to a park and set up shop with face paints, twist balloons and The Holy Spirit. Just 10 minutes in we got kicked out of the park, which is actually a concrete plaza encircled by benches and sidewalks that were lined with shops. Underneath the plaza is a museum about gold. I think they thought we were up to no good haha. They must have seen the drilling equipment we had. We could have stayed if we had filed a request to the proper authorities. So we went to plan B and went to another park around the corner. We were busy making balloons and painting faces and conversing with many locals. Great time of showing the love of Jesus. The youth really responded and went right to it. The cool part of the time was prayer with 2 men for salvation and another for a recommitment to Jesus. Pray for Emmanuel and Carlos and also for Oscar. I don’t know what the future holds for these men we only wanted to be faithful wherever we go. In a perfect world we would have follow up and more. All we had to offer was Jesus and a Bible along with much prayer.

The afternoon was filled with practical works around the base. Painting, building, tearing down giant bamboo trees, washing cars and trucks. Very full day already…….but there was more to do after supper.

We bought some bread and made a big pot of coffee and took 4 gallons of juice to feed the needy. You go to any big city and you can find the area where the homeless sleep on the sidewalks. This was particularly sad. Many problems, very pathetic stories and hopelessness were everywhere. We did not take enough food…….to our disappointment. We prayed but we too felt all we could do was give them some bread and drink. They were very appreciative and also very hungry. Who knows how long and where their next meal would come from. One man Umberto had a large wound on his stomach from being stabbed. He sat there with some gauzy type rags covering it. I do not know how he avoids infection. His intestine hanging out and dirt everywhere and there were more that were worse off than he. In the end approx. 50 were fed and about 20 were turned away with nothing.

Team meeting time was next and after that everyone was ready for bed. Breakfast at 6:30 and then we leave to feed homeless children their breakfast. Proclaim