Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Best Day Ever
Can you imagine 40 high school kids telling you this was their best fourth of July ever - and they worked at manual labor for six hours in the sun?
Well the hard work was sandwiched in between a morning visit to a school where they had a fourth of July celebration in our honor. Our arrival was accentuated by a receiving line of several dozen 3 to 6 year olds that led us into an auditorium of older students. We felt like rock stars as we entered to cheering and waiving of American flags. Then there was a performance with a mixture of Peruvian songs as well as the Star Spangled Banner and Great to be an American.
UNBELIEVABLE!
Then after building a two houses and laying two cement floors we trucked (literally) to the beach for 90 minutes of fun in the surf and a beautiful sunset.
When we returned to the parish house we quickly changed and ate dinner then headed to the neighborhood were we have been building houses where they had set up a Fiesta in our honor. There were Peruvian dance performances, singing, including a great rendition of God Bless America and lots of dancing.
Finally we stumbled back "home" to devour a huge chocolate cake decorated as the American flag.
A glorious day for all!
George Heredia
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Thank you for posting this George. It is great to hear what you all are doing through this blog. Thanks to you and all of the other adults for leading our youth through such a phenomenal experience. Who would have thought you all would have had such a 4th of July in Peru! God is love! Gwen and Doug Parker
ReplyDeleteI knew it had to be a jam- packed day filled with the work of Christ! I think I single-handedly accounted for 50 hits to this blog site yesterday, checking to see what your day consisted of!! As I type, it is reading 3,575 hits so I agree with the Parkers in that we love hearing what you are doing through this blog. It serves as an extension of your work in Peru and is transforming in and of itself. The mission trip and blog site was the topic of conversation at the fourth of July BBQ we attended. Everyone was asking questions, bookmarking the blog on their phones and checking out the Santisimo Sacramento Parish website. God is working through everyone and everything! Glory be to God!!!
ReplyDeleteDitto to the Parkers and Shana's comments. What a wonderful memories you all with have - God's love being shared.
ReplyDeleteGretchen Holt