Hi everyone,
We just got back from Home of Grace for the last time. Today was an incredibly powerful day. We arrived at Home of Grace early, but there was already a huge crowd there to collect their food. After we settled down, we sat in front of the crowd while the local mayor got up and welcomed us. Then Lonnie preached, once again telling the crowd about the promise of salvation that Jesus offers. Many prayed to ask Jesus to be their savior today!
Next, we baptised any believers who had not been baptised before. Many were people that we shared the Good News with this week. Lonnie, Jamison, Peter and I baptised them 4 at a time in the Home of Grace baptistry. That was quite the experience! I had never baptised anyone before. We baptised 108 in all!!! Praise God!
After the baptism, we began to hand out the food. We handed out food for over 400 families! To all who donated to help feed these families, thank you! We wish you could have been there to see the lives that you changed; it was incredible! We will share pictures and video with you after we get home. At one point we were able to upload a few photos to the computers here in the hotel lobby, but for some reason it stopped working. Stay tuned for some amazing photos!
The rest of the day was spent hanging out with the kids at Home of Grace. We played games, danced, sang songs, and spent lots of time loving on and being loved by the kids. As a special treat, we bought ice cream for them. Some of them had never had ice cream before! They only get ice cream 2-3 times a year (when there is a mission trip like ours in town) and they were super excited!
At the end of the day, the kids sang what seemed like 50 songs for us. They just kept going and going. One of the songs that they sang was a farewell song, and a number of the kids couldn't make it through the song without tears flowing down their cheeks. Many of us couldn't either. I can't explain to you how much I have fallen in love with these kids in less than a week. They have deeply touched my heart. It was really hard to leave. There were lots of hugs and tears and best wishes shared. I am still sad as I type this post. I wish we could spend more time with them.
So that concludes the mission portion of our trip. Tomorrow Lonnie, Connie, and Jamison leave to return home and Kristin, Peter, Sophia and I head to Angkor Wat to do some sight-seeing. We will try to post again soon.
God Bless,
Dan
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