I John 4:11-12 “Beloved,
if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No
one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is
perfected in us.”
Since it's February, the teachers decorated their classrooms and doors and bulletin boards with verses about love. What I have learned over the years is that love is not a feeling, it is an action. It is the selfless serving of others. This February, this ministry received a lot of love. The Grannies came down and served and loved. A visitor from our mission organization, Edith, is here for three weeks, serving and helping out of love. And last week, a work team from First Christian
Reformed Church of Crown Point came down to serve in the ministry as well. We have been blessed beyond measure this month of February.
I've already talked some about the Grannies, so in this post I want to share about the work team. This was
the church’s third construction work team in the last three years. We always look forward to seeing them each
year and continuing to build a relationship with the team members and the
church. Some of the team member have come down two or three times. It is so encouraging to see them each year and Eddy and I consider them close friends. Many of them even invited us into their homes when we went to the states last summer. We also enjoyed getting to know the new guys on this trip as well.
The team spent four days in the
blazing sun and built almost the complete second story over the office and
bathrooms. They worked very hard and
accomplished so much. They also took the
time to play with the kids and build relationships with some of the staff and
church members. One of my favorite things was watching the groups play with the kids at recess time, chasing them around and carrying them on their shoulders. A few of the members of this group sponsor a student, so they were able to spend time with their sponsor children as well. Also, on their last night here,
they got to experience a little bit of the culture when they went in small
groups to some of our staff and church members’ homes for supper.
This team was such a blessing to us and to the
ministry. We look forward to seeing them
again soon.
I John 4: 7-8 “Beloved, let us
love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God
and knows God. Anyone who does not love
does not know God, because God is love.
