Last day at Jerico

It will be impossible to capture the essence of today in words, but it was awesome.  After being delayed in traffic for a good 45 minutes, we finally made it to the Jerico school and got to see our kids.  Upon arrival we asked if we could sing our song to the school and so Carolin the principal had all the students come out into the play area.  Before we could sing there was countless little kids that wanted to ride on our shoulders and backs, the girls wanted our young ladies to participate in some hand clappng games and the older boys wanted to throw atound the new baseballs we brought for the school.  Only pictures will be effective in describing this scene.

Once the kids were assembled in front of us, we sang "Humble Thyself" and "Here I Am to Worship" with the chorus in Spanish.  We left behind some baseball gloves and baseballs, a soccer ball, and our hearts. Saying goodbye was very hard.  

There were tears.

We all knew the time here would effect us, but we really did not know how.  You really have to be here to understand.  We talked at length at devotions about the experiances we had in the morning and each of us continue to be amazed at the affection appreciation, and love that the people showed to us.  We also now understand, much more deeply, the desparate need that exists in some of these communities and how we can support Christian Education moving forward.

Today was also our beach afternoon and we first went to a beach with huge waves where we were tossed around trying to swim past the breakers. Later we went to Boca Chica, which was a picture perfect Caribbean paradise type of beach.  

Tomorrow, Tuesday, we will tour some of the other schools and go to the souvenir market.

 

 

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