August Team #1 2026 Friday, August 6th Enjoyed a breakfast with the entire F.O.B. team on the carport. Then we had a quick and smooth ride to the community of Colonia 3 de Octubre. During our sharing in addition to sharing the community neighbors that touched our hearts. The community leader today made sure all the community members had been seen before she went through. An older brother, who is all of 11 years old, had to leave school because his sister started kindergarten. Older...

August Team #1 2026 Thursday, August 6th Another rain storm rumbled through last night leaving us with a fresh new day and some questions about how our road would be for this morning’s travels. We spent the first part of our journey to the town of Piletas speeding along a main road before turning off and beginning our climb up and up. We traveled along ridges with spectacular views on both sides in awe of how they use so much of this precipitous space for agriculture, today corn, mangos and...

August 5th Today we headed up the mountain to the community of Las Margaritas. This is a smaller community of approximately 260 people. This community has been in the Barnabas system for several years. We noticed that the people of this community seem very close knit. The children were well behaved, polite and very good about helping each other. Siblings helping little ones with their shoes and leading them to the next station as well as taking turns during play time. Amanda had a sweet...