July 8, 2011

July 8, 2011

Today, we went back to Buenos Aires again for the kids program. We switched things up a little bit this time though. Josh and Evan ran the whole program, leading worship and organizing the whole show. Darin stayed in the background as much as possible, and the Dominican woman who usually runs it told the bible story (this time it was Noah), but otherwise stayed out of the picture. We played games with them as usual, but the crafts never made it back from La Salle, so we all circled up and told each other about our lives and asked the kids about Jesus while trying to help them straighten out their philosophies about God. Darin was impressed with our flexibility, and we finished off the morning with testimonies from Ben and Paul. After resting up at La Salle, we headed over to Los Calabazos one last time. We had no idea what we would do, and left it up to Julito to tell us what he wanted us to do. Kaylyn, Allison, Abby ( one of our translators), and Meredith worked in the kitchen making supper, while Paul, Jordan and I played basketball with some of the kids. After we lost by one point, we joined the rest of the team in a greenhouse weeding green pepper plants. We tried to stress relationships while working and had some good conversations. Before we climbed the 202 steps out of Los Calabazos for the last time, we enjoyed a delicious dinner there, Julito’s treat. It was sad to leave such cool place with some awesome people, but we can still pray for their community. Tomorrow we are going to have an evangelical service at Buenos Aires. Pray that the service really impacts those that show up and that God can speak through Darin and whoever else talks there.