This is a testimony of what a day in San Luis is like for our director Papa Harold. It was the Tuesday of his group's trip. As with all the days, the whole group was up at 6:30 AM, sharing devotions and breakfast. After that the construction team went out, and Harold tagged along with them to make sure all was well in the different sites. At 11:30, we had our staff lunch, where Harold shared words of encouragement. After that he came to me and said he was tired, and I said, go take a nap. Then he said "what are you going to do?" And I told him I was going to check on the status of the earthquake victims to see if we going to minister to them or not. He said "I am going with you." So off we went to the central park. There they informed us that there were not many left there, but that there was a big camp of victims in Riito, over 40 miles away. Both Harold and I looked at each other with tired eyes, and he said "We gotta do it." So we rallyed our ministry team and drove out to Riito, I drove one van and Harold the other. On our arrival we started our program. Papa Harold noticed that there were chairs and a pulpit set up on the other side of the road, and he went to see what was going on. It was a pastor who was doing a service for the victims. So while we did a children's program, Papa Harold shared at a program for adults. When we were done handing out candy, we go in the vans and went to see the town and its damage. We then returned back to Bethel, and when we sat down to eat, it was 8:30 PM...14 hours without stopping...amazing when you consider that Papa Harold is only...80 years old! It is amazing to see God work through this man, a testimony for us all.
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