the power of a kind hand...

here are some more pictures from the relief work that I posted about last time. I wanted to share an addition cause I think it is a pretty cool twist to the average relief work story. The community we served in is named Sinaloc, it had more than 400 evacuees due to the recent flooding. 33 houses were totally damaged or taken by the sea. 10 additional houses were partially damaged. God had a great plan when He choose this to be our location though… we could have gone many places on this day and provided spiritual nourishment, food, and medical care… but as we later found out, our testimony to Sinaloc would mean more than we could have thought. This community has recently had a very bad experience with a foreign church abruptly moving in and scaring them into God, as they built a fancy house next to their small shacks. The families feel used as the foreigner takes pictures of their children, but never lends a hand to them during hard times or attempts to form relationships. The people of Sinaloc were pretty turned off to Christians by the time we arrived. But, by God’s grace, we were able to show the love of Christ to these people in need, and they were able to see the glory of God through our efforts.