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Both Hands Project

This past weekend we had the amazing opportunity to live out James 1:27 through our Both Hands project. I've wanted to do a Both Hands project long before we began our adoption. It's such an amazing blending of caring for orphans and widows at the same time. JT's (the founder) story is amazing (https://vimeo.com/49870537), he's seen the power of blessing the orphan and the widow first hand. This same care goes into all projects under his organization. They were easy to get a hold of, quickly responded to calls or emails. We had numerous phone calls with JT himself, we felt cared for and supported all along the way.

We got to spend the day blessing sweet Greer. This amazing woman suddenly lost her beloved husband 3 years ago. We remember him as the man around Biola who wore the big straw hat. He cared so well for the students and faculty of Biola but was an even more amazing father and husband. He is so deeply missed!

It's not to late to sponsor our team, visit http://www.bothhands.org/project/negrete-5059 to financially partner with us and support our team!

Our team of 12 braved the hot weather to be the hands and feet of Jesus.

Here is the video (for some reason the video doesn't have a picture but it does work!) and some pictures of our day together! Take a look!



Bathroom before painting...


Our mom's took the lead on painting the bathroom



Bathroom with a fresh coat or paint!



Fence before weatherproofing...


Weatherproofing the fence...


Fence after weatherproofing...


 Mowing and edging the lawn...


 Window frames before painting



Painting the window frames...



Windows after painting...




 Hanging the "winter's cottage" Ken wrote a poem for Greer about weathering life's season's together. He nicknamed their house the winter's cottage. Her grandkids helped her assemble to Legos "Winter's Cottage" Chris and Mike hung the shelf above her front door!



 We were so blessed by the opportunity to serve. We are so grateful this project was woven into our adoption story!



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