After the last breakfast at our housing site in Leon, the
team packed up all of our things and headed out to Verbo Leon for one final chance
to serve the kids. After serving lunch,
we had a brief “fiesta” (party) with the children, celebrating our time together
by breaking a piñata! After giving many final hugs and saying goodbye to the
staff and leaders at Verbo, we had lunch in Leon before setting off for
Chacaras Verde, another feeding center that ORPHANetwork works with. Pastor Ricardo met us and introduced us to
the community that his church serves. We
were blessed with the opportunity to help them serve the children that come to
the feeding center. After breaking another piñata with the children at Chacaras
Verde, we prayed over Ricardo and his church before saying goodbye. After a
long journey back to Managua (filled with singing and story-telling), we
arrived at the Apoyo Resort, our debrief site, and ate dinner here upon
arrival. Once dinner was finished, the
team then began the first of our three final small group times here that are
meant to prepare them for life back at home in Virginia. We are excited to continue processing this
experience in such an intentional way, and we can’t wait to share all that we
have experienced this week. Please pray that God would seal these lessons into
our hearts and prepare us to take what we have learned back to the United
States.
