Greetings from the USA! Heidi and I just arrived last night to Minneapolis and will be heading on furlough this afternoon. Saturday morning I was in Lima, Peru preparing to go back to Panama after finishing the project in Lucumo! WE FINISHED! The Bocatoma wall took the full 4 weeks to complete, but we are so thankful to the Lord that HE did it!
I want to give a special thanks to the group that came in the 4th week, they were dedicated to getting the wall finished before they left.
Over the weekend the water canal should have been opened up again by the people of Lucumo and water should now be running to their faucets and irrigation systems!
I am also very encouraged about the relationship that was built over the last four weeks and the change that occurred in the people of Lucumo! The last night I was there I had a conversation about the future relationship we will have with Lucumo, and the leaders were very excited and asking for someone to come and teach them the Bible. These people are thirsting for the Word of God. They've seen the love of God through the actions of the 4 groups that came down to work with them on this project, but now they want to know why. They want to understand the Hope that we have in Christ. I can assure you that we are in a deep search for the right person to come and teach the word to these people. I am SO encouraged by the people of Lucumo, they surprised me with their requests for teachers and preachers, God is Amazing. Here is a video of that shows the work from beginning to end!
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Wow! The bocatoma is finished. We were just talking last night about leaving a job unfinished. It was hard to come home leaving the bocatoma behind and the people of Lucumo without water for another week. God has blessed us by giving us this opportunity to serve others: the peolple of Lucumo. We have started something great in this communtity and God will see that it continues. The job is not yet finished even thought the construction of the bocatoma is complete. I pray that God continues his work in the Lucumo community. Thanks to Jon for being led to give us the chance to serve in this way.
Congratulations to Jon and the people of Lucumo, as well as all the Christian soldiers who put time and effort into helping! God Bless you all!
Quite an accomplishment! Have enjoyed seeing the progress. Thanks Jon for sharing.
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