Monday

Today we visited a small school way up in the hills. We drove about 45 minutes and walked about 25 minutes to get to the school. The school is located on the side of a hill in a beautiful valley. The view around that area is just gorgeous. The people we met there were equally beautiful.

We taught school just as we had with the previous three schools. We taught them that they are the most important creation in all of God's work. We taught them about how big God's creation is, and how small they are. Our emphasis was on how important God thinks they are, and how they are loved.

We had a great time sharing with them. Since the school was very small we got to have a lot of one on one time with the children. We each witnessed many smiles and a lot of laughter. We were able to leave them with some much needed school supplies. It was tough to leave them, but I believe they will remember us and the lesson we brought to them for quite a while.

In the afternoon we helped bag items for the clinic. It is a humongous help to the Fickers when we help them to bag their medicine, food, and pills. They hand out a lot of items each clinic and the bagging process never seems to end for them. It is a nice break for them not to have to bag for a while. Last year we were able to bag almost 4 months of items for them. This year we are going for more than 6 months. We'll see by the end of the trip it may very well be possible.