Time flies! It's finally the day of leaving Barquisimeto!
These two weeks have passed by very quickly without our notice. On Day 12, we were all packed and ready to leave for Caracus, but we left our hearts with the brothers and sisters in Barquisimeto. Brothers and sisters from IBCB came at 745am to give us ride to the bus station where we took the bus to Caracus.
After settling down our tickets and luggage, we had a quick breakfast with these brothers and sisters. Same as the first day, they were busy buying food and drinks for us. This is exactly the example of “serving one and other with love”. We were all very touched!
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| Our Bus |
The end of this quick breakfast marked the time of leaving. We walked back to the station and stood in line for getting on the bus. We all knew that we will miss everybody in Barquisimeto so much!
It took us around 6 hours to travel from Baquisimeto to Caracus. Thanks God that there was a rest stop where we could move our legs.
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| Lunch at the Rest-Stop |
It was around 4pm when we arrived Caracus. Pastor Nip and a brother, Fernando, picked us up from the bus station. We first put down our luggage at the church where we stayed for the night, then they were very kind to take us to buy some souvenirs as we did not have any chance to walk around (well, we walked around a lot but not for sightseeing nor shopping! :P) in Barquisimeto. We then had dinner with Fernando’s family.
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| Shopping |
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| Waiting for Dinner |
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| Post-Dinner with Fernado's Family |
We went to visit Pastor Nip’s church after dinner. We also had the chance to listen to the sharing of Pastor Nip, his wife, and one of the deacons of the church. Mrs Nip’s sharing was very touching and encouraging – even though she has kidney problem which requires her to go to the hospital three times a week, she still put her faith in God and use her own sickness to testify God’s grace. She shared that although she is always tired after medical treatment, she always feels energetic on Sunday morning! She believes that God gives her energy to serve Him on every Sunday and she treasures it very much!
After the sharing, we went back to the church where we stayed. However, our night didn’t end there. We still had our final evaluation! We were asked to say make appreciation and suggestion to every other team member. From this evaluation, we knew what we had done well and what we need to work on more. This is really beneficial to our future serving.
It was around 1 to 2am…we finally got to take shower and go to bed! We needed to get up early the next day to catch the flight back to the US!
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