Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Today we went to Bella Vista again with the intention of reaching towards the children. We broke into teams and started walking around the village, meeting kids and telling them to come to the church after lunch for some activities. Our team became the “pied pipers” collecting more and more kids as we went.
Later, after lunch (which was made by the church ladies – empanadas – they were ah-mazing!), we helped finish cleaning out the church. Some of the men of the village had been working on the walls of the church building and so there was a lot of boards and stuff inside that needed to be moved, not to mention all the water and mud from the rain. After we finished cleaning it out, we had a bunch of kids come in (last count was 60-70!) And we made bracelets with them. That lasted for quite a while! I made several friends there. J One was a little girl that was 6 (I think) named Hayley, who only spoke Spanish. I helped her make her bracelet and talked to her in Spanish. She was really sweet!
Bracelet making
After we finished bracelet making one of the adults on our team told the kids a Bible story. He chose the story of when the disciples wouldn’t let the children see Jesus and Jesus told them to “let the little children come unto me”. The next verse says that Jesus put his hands on them and blessed them, so we had the pastor of the church there come and pray a blessing over the children. That was really neat! As Tom (our adult that taught the lesson) told the kids, Pastor Marcos is Jesus’ representative that God has placed in that village, so he did for the children what Jesus would have.
Tom telling the Bible story with some volunteers to act it out
Tomorrow morning we are going to distribute bags of sugar to several families, and then we’re going to go back in the evening to show a movie in Spanish. We are praying for good weather tomorrow evening!
God, please be with us tomorrow. May we sow some seeds for the kingdom. Please guide us and direct us in everything we say and do. Help us to stay focused on you alone. All glory and honor are yours alone!
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