Yes, we arrived!

Sorry for late notice, but we just got access to a computer. Trip went well, we all arrived safely.

First day we got an overview and orientation. Thanks to Mark Bush (he visited CURE last week) the staff is prepared to work us very hard and keep us involved in many ministry opportunities.

Yesterday, we started first day working in the Cure Hospital. Sue and four of the students (Claire, Sara, Kaitlyn, Aspen, and Jackson) worked with patients, preparing bandages, and passing out fliers in the neighborhood. The rest of us did manual labor preparing 5th floor rooms for private patients (to help cure cover costs). We build TV wall mounts and hung TVs, Painted hospital equipment, window coverings, cleaned store rooms, etc.... All before lunch.

After lunch - we drove 1hr to a small (very small) church, where we were overwhelmed with 180+ children (4yrs to 12yrs old). The children and staff spoke no english. Thank God for translators and Jonathan. We worked 2 hours straight in extreme heat, but the team performed exceptional. They had the whole group singing and playing in no time. Sara and Tyler had the older kids (about 40) playing games in no time. Nathan, Elijah, and Nathan must of made 100 balloon animals (dogs, hats, swords, flowers, ....) at least that's what we thought they were asking for. Jared and Jackson never put down their guitars. Megan, Claire, Aspen, and Kaitlyn were busy with coloring pages, face painting and bubbles. Just your typical everyday VBS in two hours for 180 kids. The team did Great!

We will try and get some photos out soon, but for now we have to leave. Bus is here.

Thanks for your prayers.

Steve and Team.