Saturday we spent the day at Pastor Bill Wilbur's house cleaning. He has been a pastor here for 35 years. We have greatly enjoyed being a part of Gamboa Union Church and getting to know him. He is a young 70! He has written a book about his ministry in the prisons here in Panama called "Finding Freedom in Panama".
He and his wife had to move and only 1 house was available in the area. The people who had lived there previously had not cleaned at all. When they were shown the house, they couldn't even see the floor because of all the clothes and garbage. We came in and bleached every surface area as it was covered with mold and mildew. The walls in the bathroom Luke and I cleaned were BLACK with mold and mildew. The house is beautiful, though. We were also able to put a coat of paint on the lower garage area.
Our DTS will be breaking up into 3 outreach teams from April 11th-May 29th. All will minister in Panama for part of it. One team will spend 2 wks in Colombia as well. Another team will spend 5 wks in Peru. The team Luke and I are on will focus on Panama's indigenous groups, as well as spend 1 wk working with the Bri-Bri in Costa Rica. We will be posting more about outreach as we find out more....
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