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| Special thanks to our friends from Minnesota for sending us the pictures of the evening! |
As fun as daycare had been, the day wasn't over yet! After a macadamia-sorting session and a lunch of potato tacos and beans, we all piled into vans bound for the next migrant outreach. (For information on the Migrant Camp situation, please read this post of our last outreach.)
Destination? A large camp called Los Brisos.
Destination? A large camp called Los Brisos.
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| The Lineup for Supper |
Because of somebody's donation* we were able to serve a meal again tonight. While it cooked, some of us went in groups (led by Spanish-speakers) to walk up and down the long rows of joined houses, giving out toiletry items and inviting people to dinner.
We returned to the main area, slid behind a long table, and had the privilege of serving 500 meals, including seconds. As is the system, our fellow volunteers walked along the table as we filled the plates they held, which they then took to serve the people in line.
We returned to the main area, slid behind a long table, and had the privilege of serving 500 meals, including seconds. As is the system, our fellow volunteers walked along the table as we filled the plates they held, which they then took to serve the people in line.
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I was on "nacho-doling duty." Before long my hands were covered with salt,
but I loved every minute of it!
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| Skipping Rope Before Supper |
The camp is divided by a concrete basketball court on which we set up for the meal and movie. On this side of the court are the joined rows of corrugated tin houses for temporary working (migrant) families. On that side of the court are the separated brick houses, electrical wires running among them. These, we are told, are for local (Spanish-speaking) workers.
This court is where the New Testament animation played after supper, projected on a screen on the side of a van. The evangelist offered the hope of salvation to those who remained, after which we handed out Bibles to the new believers.
I can still see the one guy up there--the first to stand up to confess Christ tonight. Later, I even got to give another fellow a Bible! It's easy to really feel like you're working for God in a place like this, even though we're to serve like Him wherever you are. To think that tomorrow is our last day here!
*(At this time, it only takes $200 dollars to feed an entire camp! Please click here for information from the Foundation for His Ministry website.)
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