Home tomorrow!

We had 27 patients on friday, It was a fairly slow morning, we were only able to stay two hours. The children were a little clingy as they knew we were leaving. We are happy to report we were able to leave Vitamins,Tylenol and first aid supplies and much more for the 12 different local health promoters. We were also able to leave crafts supplies behind too. Leaving the Gnabe was emotional. Our prayer is that they understand Christ's love for each of us and they may see Christ working through us and the people who support this mission. We were very fortunate and we definitely had God's blessing because when we were on the drive back to Panama City we drove through a strom and a huge limb blew down and hit the front of our bus busting the windshield. No one was hurt, just woke some of us up.We were able to continue to drive. We arrived in Panama City around 7:45 p.m. We had devotion and hit the hay! On Saturday we headed out to do some site seeing of Panama City. First we went to old town Panama and visited several churches, Biomuseo museum, did a little shopping at the market and of course the visit to the Panama Canal. While there we were fortunate enough to see the US Coast Guard go through the Panama Canal. The churches were breath taking. Panama's skyline is beautiful. We ate lunch at a Panamanian Greek restaurant. We ate our goodbye meal together at a restaurant looking over the bay. We said our good byes to the Florida folks after returning to the hotel. There were a few tears shed as we are all going to miss them and a very special 12 year old girl. I'm sure there will be tears tomorrow as the rest of us depart from Atlanta. We've enjoyed our time together with each other and most importantly being the best we can be at being desciples of Christ. All week Barry has spoke of Jesus and his miracles of healing people from the Gospels. This mission team has witnessed healing and miracles right before their eyes. Past team member talk of how ill and unhealthy people were 10 years ago and now how they are healthier by practicing better hygiene and better sanitation. As we sat and listened tonight and the emotions they all feel of seeing Jesus at work was overwhelming. This week they talked of maybe two cases of scabies and of in the past too many cases to remember. This is healing. Jesus is working in Cieneguita, healing one person at a time. We are looking forward to seeing our family, friends and telling our church families of our experience here in Panama. Matthew 9:35 “And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.” .