| Loreto Weekender December 4-7, 2009 |
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REPORT FOR
WEEKENDER TEAM — December 4-7, 2009
This Weekender Team began with a challenge — a problem had developed… (Please read the full report for the details…) But..., the Lord intervened and worked things out in a beautiful way..., and everyone that was to participate came, and everything turned out very good! It really is wonderful to see such victories and such growth in our team participant’s lives before, during, and following our Weekender Teams — this is a great ministry in so many ways!
Lorraine and I drove the Mobile Dental trailer to La Paz (7 hours) on Thursday and visited with friends...; then on Friday we drove about 1½ hours to Melitón Albáñez. Friday night others arrived, and together we worked on setting things up..., before enjoying tamales together. There are no hotels in Melitón, so some slept in a shelter/building on site, and Lorraine & Don slept in the Mobile Dental trailer — in fact this was the arrangement for those staying in Melitón for the whole weekend. (Others who lived in La Paz went home…)
In addition to the 30 people from the Church in Melitón, we had another 20 people come out from La Paz to help with our Health Fair on Saturday, and then another 19 people came out on Sunday. So we really had a great team of workers both days! And as a result those who came to receive help from the doctors, etc. were very impressed not only with the medical, dental, and optical services they received, but also with the care and attention they received by so many people — they experienced the love of Jesus in action! It really was great!
Saturday, after the Health Fair, the local Church put on a special evening concert of music with a special singing group, and then one of the young men (in his 20’s), gave a very clear Gospel message. There was then prayer, and 10 people raised their hands to show their first-time acceptance of Jesus Christ as Savior. Then in the spirit of the moment, the young preacher
said, that in the Bible it tells us that there is rejoicing in heaven when people repent and accept Jesus Christ as Savior, and therefore he asked the audience to join the heavenly fiesta that was already in progress because of what was taking place in these people’s lives. The worship/singing group then broke into song..., the audience started clapping..., and then some began to
dance... It was a fabulous end to the first day of our Health Fairs of this weekend.
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