Day Three

I think this post is actually occurring on day 4, but hopefully no one is being that technical. (A little later night tonight...)  We had another amazing day here in Mexico City.  The VBS becomes more exciting each day as more students come and take part in the program.  Our students continue to impress me with the way that they have jumped in and become a key part of this VBS. 

 

One major highlight of the day was that Adam shared the devotion this morning, and did so completely in Spanish! (era un buen trabajo!)  Many of our students are being adventurous with their spanish, and if they didn't know any coming in, they are learning quickly!  Also, we have been enjoying some amazing food courtesy of the ladies of the church.  They feed 100+ people each and every day of the VBS, and they do it very WELL.  (If you like beans that is...they seem to be on everything, bread, sandwiches, etc.  Keeps the team well fueled though...)

Once the VBS concluded, we spent some time learning some new dramas and puppet routines, and then we took them out onto the streets to advertise for the final day of VBS, along with some of the students from the church.  It was quite a different feeling to be a "gringo" on the streets of this section of Mexico City, which is not a major tourist area.  We gathered a lot of attention.  People seemed very interested in what we were doing, and it was rather strange to actually have people asking for flyers or thanking you when you hand them one.  That's a far cry from America...

Tonight we took part in a cell group that met at a local family's house.  We had an amazing dinner of tamales (if you can't tell already, I am REALLY enjoying the food here).  I think I ate cinco o seis...not sure.  Hopefully you won't work to translate that number.  We had such a cool time there...it's an amazing sound to listen as songs are sung in worship to God, us singing in English, they singing in Spanish.  We also got to learn another song in Spanish tonight, which was very fun.  Por siempre Dios es fiel (Forever God is Faithful).  Molly and Derek both shared their testimonies tonight for the service, and they both did a fabulous job.  I'm continually impressed by our students' willingness to openly share their stories with the people here.  I got to speak again with Nathan translating.  (We're getting pretty good at it now...well he is at least).  All in all, it was a wonderful night.  I'm excited to see what God does tomorrow in the final day of VBS.