July 15, 2011:
Well plans for today changed.. yet again. But this time I think they were for the best. Rather than everyone going to Kid's Club - the original group was going to go and run it as planned. The rest of us were going to go see a few other things that New Vision Baptist Church and World Servants have set up in LaRepresa. I was pretty happy about this decision. Especially after I didn't have the best experience at Kid's Club on Wednesday.
Heading out to the Tilapia Farm
Once we dropped off the Kid's Club group (the other FBC group) we headed to the other side of town to see the Tilapia Farm. There is such a cool story behind this farm:
One of the Pastors from New Vision challenged three of their interns to take $50 and make the most difference in LaRepresa. Well one of them took the $50 - had t-shirts made that said "Tilapia es mi pez" which means, Tilapia is my fish. The money he made from the selling the t-shirts was enough to dig a pond, stock it with Tilapia, and run PVC pipe down from the mountains with fresh water to aerate it! When they ran the pipes down from the mountains to the pond they also made a place where the community could get water too. So not only will the farm help feed the community - it will help give them water as well. All from $50. That's pretty amazing!
Admiring the Tilapia Farm
After the Tilapia farm we walked back in to town toward the school. Joelle really wanted to find these two women that she had been connecting with and tell them about Jesus. She looked all over but they weren't in the street where she usually met them. So she found a little boy and asked him where they were. He said they were at their house. She asked him to take her there. He did. But they were nowhere to be found. Joelle was pretty upset. She prayed on her way back to the street. As she walked out of the bushes and onto the street - there they were! They were walking toward her with their children in tow.
Joelle was ecstatic! She shared with them (via translator) about having a son and how hard she thought it was raising a child. They laughed and one of the ladies was holding her fourth child. Joelle continued about how Jesus helps her in the process of raising Ryan along with other things. Then she asked the question if they wanted to follow Jesus. They said they did! Pastor Thomas was there and he spoke with them as well. He will be following up with them.
This was such an awesome thing to witness. I tried to stand near Joelle and listen to what she was sharing but it was just too overwhelming. I just stepped back and cried a little while she finished talking. As we walked away Joelle started crying too. It was a really powerful God moment.
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