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Last weekend had some interesting goings on's. On Sunday the team split into 3 small groups and headed in opposite directions for the afternoon. Mike and Laura spent time with the FIC youth's doing a service project, Jeremy went with Pastor Lando to his church outreach near Sinsin, and the rest of the group went to teacher Jane's church near Toledo to spend some time with the youth group there.

The FIC youth went to Rudy and Pecta's home to help them with laundry, cleaning, and constructing a new walk from the road to their house. The male youth's built the stairs while the females went into town to shop, and then later cooked and cleaned. All parties were blessed by the day. The youth's got a taste of what it means to serve together in the community. Rudy and Pecta were blessed by the youth's generosity.

Basketball Jones went with Lando to the church outreach near Sinsin. The people were surprised at being asked questions and having open dialogue during a bible study. But the group was talkative and willing to discuss.

The youth group at teacher Jane's a church (JCIL) watched two more videos in the "Keep Climbing" series and then had small group discussions. It took some ice (and chair) breaking games at halftime to get the youth's to become talkative. There was also candy, soda, games,

video footage, hacky sack, and Filipino energy drinks involved. All told, it was a great day. Hopefully the youth's were impacted and encouraged as much as we were.

One final note, today is our final day at Shofar. We are tying up some loose ends and preparing to shut the place down until the next team arrives: non-perishible foods are being moved to the star shelf, floors are being swept and mopped, blogs are being written, shelves organized, bags packed, photos of school children taken, etc, etc...

The last 3 weeks have passed quickly. It's been a great blessing to be here and I already look forward to a return trip.. Please pray for our safe travel tomorrow. See you soon!