This has been a great week. On Monday we got to go to Los Calabazos. We gathered the children, shared the Evangicube with them, and made prayer rocks as reminders to pray. Los Calabazos is a beautiful and innovative pueblo lying next to a river and boasting a 13-room hotel in the middle of the abundant foliage. In the evening we went to Nueva Vida church and hosted a youth rally. We invited youth from 3 different communities. Mikayla and Karen shared their testimonies, and we had great group discussions.
This morning we divided into 2 groups. I can't speak for the Buenos Aires group, but I really enjoyed helping with the VBS at El Montana! I narrated the story of the Good Samaritan, and we accompanied the children as they moved to different stations. It is neat because this church has figured out how to put on their own VBS programs, so we just facilitated their efforts.
Rick surprised us with the news that we would be able to go to Boma today! Two of the translators, Alex and Biohanny, are from Boma. We hiked down to the city entrance and were greeted with a pueblo where you say the fruit and they pick it off a nearby tree! We sat in the gazebo eating passion fruit and listened to Biohanny's father tell about the history of the pueblo. After years of visits from church group, there is now a church and a group of believers in Boma. We went up the hill to see the church, and Biohanny climbed up the coconut tree and cut off 8 coconuts for us to drink! Pray for the people of Boma, that they would come to know Christ as Biohanny and his family have.
We are all full from a delicious Dominican dinner and are now singing "Nothing But the Blood of Jesus" before we continue hearing about spiritual disciplines from Gail Peterson.
Important messages:
Roger loves Sue super duper great big bunches of a whole lot!
Connor loves Renee. (Despite his iced foot twisted during an energetic round of Kaboomball, he is delighted with everything about life right now because he got to talk with Renee for 20 minutes. :))
Mitchell Barnhardt loves his family.
and Darin misses his family!
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Darin Brown
High School Pastor
Calvary Evangelical Free Church
@darinbrown on twitter
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