The morning devotion lead was by Pam & David Beers. "Whom Shall I Send..." (God knows us and loves us. We travel here with a mask... God helps us remove the mask and reveals us to the people of Huanta). David issued a challenge to us. How can we as travelers express our emotions so the people at Sharon Presbyterian can feel the same as we do?
We all realized that our journey to Hunata was coming to an end. We had finished our main project of assembling, sanding and painting the benches. Since we did have a little free time though, we started sanding and painting the sanctuary of the Cristo Rey Church. We knew we would not have time to complete the whole project but, we could get a good start on it. All of the donations of clothing, shoes and books were sorted and repacked. We took lots of pictures of the sorting to show that your gifts, generosity and love made it to Huanta.
A couple of outings were planned for us. First, was a visit to the Maynay Church, where we left one of the glass crosses made by Connie. This was the church where we attended the wedding last year. Second, was a visit to Cristo Blanco on the mountain above Huanta, with the hair raising return ride back down (without guardrail). (The Stanfords and Youngs missed the return ride... they decided to walk back to town).
As we returned to the Cristo Rey Church the evening festivities were ready to begin. The freshly painted benches were lined up (thanks to David Stanford). Most of the churches of the Presbytery were represented to receive their donations and benches. Books, gifts, pictures, hugs, a computer, promises of our return to Huanta, well wishes and few tears were exchanged.
I really do think I could hold those kids... forever.
wvd
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