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Paysandú,
October 2007.-
“… I made
plans at first to visit you, in order that you might be blessed twice"
2Corintians 1:15 (Today's English Version)
These words
were written by the apostle Paul, while he decided to visit twice the
Christian community of the Corinthians. This visit would be before and
after his trip to the community of Macedonia.
Paul had the
opportunity of sharing not only once with the community, but twice. This
gave this church the experience of being blessed twice.
This
experience of faith remains us our experience as a community of faith. We
still remember the volunteers of mission team from Pennsylvania. These
fourteen brothers and sisters in Christ, who shared part of their time,
founding and love, are still in our hearts and minds.
They
challenged us to continue the way… a way of faith in Christ to fulfill the
different steps of the Renacer Methodist Camp project.
Later on, in
less than three weeks, we were welcomed a second team of volunteers. They
came from the State of Maryland. Thirteen volunteers, who shared twelve
beautiful days with us.
How were we
blessed? As the apostle Paul says in 1st Corinthians 13: 13 when he spoke
about the three virtues, we could say that God blessed to us in three
great ways:
FAITH: weather was one of our
worries during the VIM team period. Showers and rains were foretold during
the period of work. Nevertheless, these came; but during the night. This
allowed us to work during the day and being able to have beautiful days
during the week. There it was our faith, putting ‘the weather” in God’s
hands, declaring our request to God every day. Specially when singing the
song that says: “It is a happy day, thank you God for the weather…”
HOPE: Our Camp Center Project
continues progressing and growing. We were not alone as a local church;
there were Bob, Suzanne, Patricia, Marti, Luis, Ken, Chuck, Clara,
Meredith, Susan, Marilyn, Dae Hwa and Vern, helping us and contributing
with their work, giving us hope to continue.
LOVE: Believe it or not, but 81
year-old Marilyn Jane Simmonds was there, raising buckets of concrete,
using the shovel to complete the necessary mixture with sand and pebble.
She was always working; she was always looking for something to do. She
was always with a smile and helping others. She represented the love of
God with us.
We were really blessed twice, based on
Faith, Hope and Love of God towards us.
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