Our final day of service work came and went quickly as we were leaving the same day. We spent the morning at a nursing home near where we were staying. As we walked in they rang the bells and brought out all the residents. Immediately our students jumped in to shake lots of hands, greet them and give hugs. Each of us settled down with one or a few people and put our Spanish to use. Many of the kids afterwards were exhausted but said they loved that they realized they were speaking Spanish without even realizing it. What a blessing!
We talked about everything but mostly we listened and over the next hour or so were able to offer a friend and an ear to each of these residents. In leaving our kids mentioned how blessed they were to be able to talk and to understand a lot of what was being said. Again Linda and I left being floored by the maturity of these students. A situation that most teenagers might find uncomfortable in their own language proved to be enjoyable for our own students in a different language.
I close our blog for the Peru 2011 trip by expressing how much joy has come to us over the last few days in sharing this experience with this group. We have been blessed so richly by our awesome God and we look forward to sharing our experiences with each of you one on one now that we are home. I hope to post pictures shortly so that you can all share in seeing a piece of what has really moved our hearts over the last few days.
Thank you for your prayers and for following our adventures! Vaya con Dios!
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