The short-term mission team from Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York City has left the building. Our sixth and final team of the Summer missions season has departed. This team of 18 adults did some wonderful work.
Friday was their last full day in La Ceiba. They completed their roll in raising a new roof for one of the churches in Armenia Bonito. The old, rotten wooden beams on the church were replaced with new, freshly painted steal beams and the corrugated tin was replaced. The roof was also raised 16 inches to help cool the building.
In the morning the team hosted their fifth daily Vacation Bible School (VBS) for the kids of Armenia. Over 130 kids attended throughout the week.
In the afternoon we took over 60 kids to the river. The girls got their hair washed and were deloused while the boys played.
On Saturday morning the team of 18 flew out of the La Ceiba airport without a hitch.
Our final short-term team of the summer was our biggest and was amazingly energetic. They also left us with suitcases full of gifts to benefit our ministry. What a wonderful blessing.
We are sad to see them go, but now it is time to rest. In the last three months we have had six short-term mission teams visiting for seven weeks, a military coupe and a 7.1 earthquake. Time to relax for a couple days.