Prayer is powerful and effective, because we
serve an all-knowing and sovereign God who loves us and is intimately involved
in our lives. Thank you for those who prayed for these students and this
retreat!
Praise #1: God worked out all the details with logistics and
transportation. One hundred students/leaders was the perfect number as far as
the number of available car seats we had to transport people to community
outreach locations around the city. On Saturday morning, the group split up to
put their faith in action, surrendering themselves, and showing God’s love in a
practical way and headed out to 12 different places in Panama City.
The
groups visited: orphanages, nursing homes/homes for the elderly, non-profit
organizations, and some even helped clean at the church/school. For some
students, this was one of the first times that they were able to engage in
service-oriented outreach or interact with people/kids from such different
socio-economic backgrounds from them. My group went and wrapped 100 Christmas
presents for kids in the Darien province, and it was powerful to talk together
and pray for those kids while we were wrapping specially-donated toys and
clothes.
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