The trip was great and everyone has returned home safely. Comments from team members will be posted.
This is what Brian Kelsey had to say "The extreme rural poverty in the mountains showed me that you can still live a life pleasing to God with purpose and meaning without all the material conveniences to which we have grown accostumed. Yet at the same time the people’s material needs were real. The people were cognizant of their needs. And they sought help from us, their fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
It was humbling to watch the kids after you had given them a cookie, turn around and break it into 8 pieces to share, especially given that that may be the only Oreo they ever taste in their lives.
The people living and working among the filth, vultures, and cows at the city dump was the most disturbing thing I have ever seen in my life. No one should have to live like that.
Teaching and listening to the lessons on discipleship brought home that making disciples is the only eternal thing in the world. It’s not my career that’s important but how I use it to teach others about and to glorify Christ.
The language and cultural barrier caused me to realize that I bring nothing to the table in serving the Lord. Only He can mature disciples. And only time will tell whether our teaching bears fruit. Yet we remain faithful to Him because He has been faithful to us."
