Nov
6
Dance or Go Home
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Our last “scheduled” event was Friday evening. We were picked up by Angelo again and headed up to Barranquitas. Angelo knew Brianna wasn’t with us, but didn’t get the memo that we had Andy. He picked us up in his car so six of us had to squeeze in. We stopped on the way up [...]
Nov
6
Prayers of Protection
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It was a bitter sweet feeling I had heading to the track Friday morning. I was excited to see our boxers, but it would be our last time. We should have known something was wrong when the throwers weren’t practicing when we got there. They always started at 5:30am SHARP. Their coach is strict, but [...]
Nov
5
God is Moving Here
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Thursday was a day jam packed of God’s goodness. I had begun to look forward to meeting up with our boxers, even though it was so early. I looked forward to their smiling faces, although that morning they were all a little sluggish. Apparently the talent show went until midnight. After that, we were finally [...]
Nov
4
Another Clinic
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Wednesday we had a team member swap. Brianna had to head back home and Andy came down to join us. We were a little leary about how Brianna was going to get to the airport (and that it was going to be on time), but God is faithful and He takes care of His kids [...]
Nov
3
Make This Chaos a Chorus
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Yesterday was our first “official” clinic in Barranquitas, which is located in the middle of the island, in a big ravine. It was quite cooler than where we are staying in Salinas (but still like 70s). The drive was long and windy…up and down through the mountains. Our driver, Angelo was a hoot! He was [...]