We just finished a week with our Adult Work Team from Washington Cathedral. It was an incredible week as these individuals poured out their hearts to the children at AFE. AFE is short for Amor, Fe, y Esperanza which is a school servicing the children who live and work at the garbage dump. The work team also poured out some sweat constructing a much-needed third school building. For the second year in a row, we worked alongside a work team from the Bethel Church in Georgia led by Ray and Jane Singleton. The school is growing and growing in the number of children. In fact, lack of facilities and teachers have forced AFE to turn some neighborhood children away. In addition, there are now eight kids at AFE who have moved up to the eighth grade but have nowhere to go. If there is no place for them to go to school, they will just go back to work in the garbage dump. We have decided to offer a junior high/high school for these children which will be in the third building.
The third building will actually be three floors and our team helped with the construction of the first two stories. It was such a beautiful scene to have out adults hanging out with the children and connecting with them in deep ways. The last day was a tear jerker as the children put on a special program for us to show their appreciation. They were especially thankful for Washington Cathedral providing two snacks and a full meal this last year. Many of the kids told us that was the extent of the diet. Then the children bid us farewell. Everyone on our team was moved by God in a special way.
The last day, the adults on the team came up with a great way to bless the school. They went to a hardware store and bought tools for the school that would help them with all future construction. All the workers were extremely grateful for the new tools and couldn’t believe the team’s generosity.
If you are interested in coming for a work trip or an exposure trip please contact Elise White Diaz at elisewhitediaz@gmail.com for more information. We believe a short term trip can be used by God in incredible ways. The team will be sharing at Washington Cathedral on Mission Week in April.
The third building will actually be three floors and our team helped with the construction of the first two stories. It was such a beautiful scene to have out adults hanging out with the children and connecting with them in deep ways. The last day was a tear jerker as the children put on a special program for us to show their appreciation. They were especially thankful for Washington Cathedral providing two snacks and a full meal this last year. Many of the kids told us that was the extent of the diet. Then the children bid us farewell. Everyone on our team was moved by God in a special way.
The last day, the adults on the team came up with a great way to bless the school. They went to a hardware store and bought tools for the school that would help them with all future construction. All the workers were extremely grateful for the new tools and couldn’t believe the team’s generosity.
If you are interested in coming for a work trip or an exposure trip please contact Elise White Diaz at elisewhitediaz@gmail.com for more information. We believe a short term trip can be used by God in incredible ways. The team will be sharing at Washington Cathedral on Mission Week in April.
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