Amanda here. This is my first blog post of the trip, so I am glad to give a shout out and say hi. Unfortunately, I was sick the first couple days of the building project and so stayed behind at the YWAM base. Through that time here, I was blessed to get to know a lot of the staff. They are AMAZING. Every person here has a total heart to serve and reach the nations with the love of Christ. It's incredible, and we are SO privileged to be here.
In regards to the housing project, the past few days in Lethe have been some of the most impacting days ever, for each of us. We have learned how to work together as a family with love, patience, and an appreciation for everything we have back home. While we miss our families and things about our lives back in the States, it feels as though we have been a part of that community for years. The friendships that have been developed, not only among our team members but between our students and the people of Lethe, are deeper and have made a greater impact on each of us (at least), then anything we could have imagined. Pictures cannot possibly capture the love we now have for those living there, and the way those children have captured our hearts is not something that will die away anytime soon (if ever). Even as I write this, tears fill my eyes as I reflect back on their beautiful smiling faces.
In other news... Briana's birthday was yesterday, so Taryn and I teamed up with Teko (one of the staff members) to make sure a total celebration (dance party+brownies) took place before bed. It was a lot of fun and a birthday celebration I am sure she won't forget anytime soon.
Tomorrow I will post some photos of the actual finished home, the initial place this family was living in, and give an account of what our last day was like. For now, our presence is being requested at the birthday party of someone we don't know, on the YWAM campus for diversity purposes :) and we were just informed we are to sing a song for him. Pray for us! Haha. Love and miss you all.
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