Saying Good-Byes

"All good things most come to and end" Today we are in the process of cleaning out the condo, putting stuff away and packing our suitcases. We are getting up at 3:00 am tomorrow; therefore, I will try to be brief.

Last weekend we visited a live volcano with a couple from town, their little boy and the director of Christ for the City. It was a lot of fun. We went to a resort that it is actually a river that flows from the volcano. It was incredible. The river flows very hot and rich in minerals. Here is their website: http://www.tabacon.com/

We stayed at a very charming hotel with individual cabins, all facing the volcano. Our hotel also had 15 hot water pools from the river. This is the front of out cabin. We were in the middle of a rain forest, besides the volcano. That little boy was scared of the water falls the first day, but by the second day he was loving it. On our way back, we stopped by the big city's mall and Mc Donalds. He had never been to either one.

One of the church members called us Monday to tell us that they wanted to meet with us on Tuesday. This is not one of their regular meetings. Unfortunately, when we arrived at church, the lights were off again. This time they don't know what happened. They said that they have been paying the electric bill. The Lord is going to do great things in this town, but the Enemy is trying very hard to interfere. We waited outside until everybody arrived and went to one of the member's home instead. The women went in the kitchen, and soon we were eating crackers with some kind of spread, tortillas with fried sausages and tres leches dessert. Yuumm!

They wanted to pray with us and kind of send us off with their blessings. We found out that the mother church is applying for a loan to purchase land, and they have offered to include enough on the loan for this group to purchase a lot here for $4,000. That's just the lot without any structures. They are planning to start meeting under a tarp. The bank has to approve the loan, so that's a prayer item. This group also started a Bible study in the smaller town 3 km from here, and six people from that town were baptized on the beach last Sunday. PTL! We also heard the testimony of a young mother who had cervical cancer and how the Lord healed her. We prayed together, hugged each other and said good-bye until next time.

The two Christ for the City staff members spent the night here again. We talked a long time after breakfast about plans for the future. We are going to go in a few minutes to kids' club to say good-bye to those cute kids. Then it will be back here to finish closing up and packing.

That is all for this trip. Until next time, from the beach...