From Kelly...

Matthew 28:19-20
"Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father the Son and of the Holy Spirit. and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

I chose this verse because this is what we are doing here. We are sharing God's love and His word to a lot of these people. We may not be baptizing them, but we are doing God's will with His Spirit.

We went to a "special needs" school and handed out the blankets (crocheted by Lynn and Christin and a few others). I started to think about why they were there and how they could belong in such a place because they were treated so special. I wondered why doesn't everyone deserve such special care when we are called to treat others as we want to be treated. I saw many people cry and see us like we are so great and awesome, but I see us as people merely doing God's will.

Today was a long and hard day, the only thing that made me smile was a little boy at my camp site who would never talk, but just smile at you with an innocent face. This is how God should look at us, and we should not just take advantage of his blood but remember that we are living as His child. We do make our mistakes and we should learn from them but also learn from His grace/love and knowledge.

John, Mike (Smitty), and I worked on a 12 foot hole as a restroom. The bottom of the hole was extremely hot and we sweat like none other, but up top it felt amazing. After working at our camp site, we headed back to the housing site. We had amazing food for dinner and Lynn, Christine, Kevin and I did some dishes. Soon I am going to do an unscheduled devotion for everyone before our debriefing.

Wish me luck and thank you all for your prayers.

Kelly Fiallo