healing handsLast week another team partnered with ENLACE to construct a home in San Jose El Naranjo. This year we hope to build ten homes, benefiting some of the most vulnerable families in the communities. With each home there is a sense of accomplishment, a visible structure that represents the active service of the local Jerusalem church. Yet, with each house I find myself asking whether or not we are truly helping to transform this community through the gospel. Some of the families that received houses last year are still struggling in their lives. Some still have alcoholic fathers, some have rebellious children, and others abusive relationships among family members. Many attend church, and proclaim Christ as their savior. They have the lingo down, but a question still haunts me, “What does transformation in Christ look like in a community like San Jose?”
