Suki and I were able to perform our long puppet skit (Cual es tu alegria?) at the VBS here in Huatabampo. This same VBS came to Rancho Provision on Saturday to play in the pools. The kids were really sweet. And I was able to make some friends by jumping in the water with the kids! It really surprised some of the adults that an adult would swim with the kids. In this culture swimming is for children only. Oh well, I had a blast, and I plan on swimming everyday this coming week!
On Friday night Suki and I taught a class in Basconcobe. The class went really well, and the kids were really responsive. Suki did a great job of teaching, and I tried to lead the game, but I ended up needing help. I am not great at Spanish on the fly yet, I still need to practice what I am going to say. After the children's class was the adults class. Suki and I got to stay because Dwight and Kristi were running an errand and had not returned yet. The adult class was amazing. It was a prayer and worship service and you could really feel the Spirit of God there. I couldn't even understand all of what was going on, but I was caught up. It's really interesting to worship when you don't understand the words, but it really brings you back to what worship REALLY is. It is all about bringing God glory, and you can do that in any language. It really was one of my most amazing experiences here so far. It was amazing to see what can happen in a church that hardly has a roof, has a dirt floor, single light bulbs for lighting, and bugs eating everyone up. In the States we would scoff at that and never attend church there. Our churches have to look good, but here they realize (maybe from divine inspiration, or maybe from a lack of anything else) that it is really the heart that matters, and that God moves with what you give Him, and what He wants is us.
On Saturday morning I attended the last half of a VBS in Echijoa. The church has a small balcony and a dirt floor. Throughout the day some youth on the balcony would spray the kids down with buckets of water and a hose. It was great. The kids loved it! They would start chanting for a 'wave' until they got one, it fit right in with Kristi's penguin themed VBS.
5...4....3....2....1....and CAMP!!!! Campimento NAVE starts tomorrow here at Rancho Provision and we are all really excited! The team from Scapposse arrives in less than an hour. The last few days have been interesting, as no one really knows what to expect when tomorrow arrives. We could have anywhere from 15 kids to 100 kids show, and we won't know until they come. I am going to be on the evangelism team. We are going to teach the campers the absolute importance of sharing your faith, and we are going to walk it out right beside them. We are going to take the kids to small towns in our area and pass out tracts as well as doing children's outreach events with games, lessons, and crafts. It is going to be amazing for everyone involved. I am really excited to see what God does in the kids, in the staff, in the team, and in me. I really pray that we show up and that we let Him do the rest. If we can give Him everything we have for a couple days, then hopefully we can learn to do it for the rest of our lives.
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yay for camp
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