Escuela Biblica

Last week all of our work finally got to be displayed! It was our first week of VBS and teaching our Sunday School class. It was fun, but it was also really hard. It is really different from me to transition from being in front of the class in Pullman to having to do mostly background work here. My Spanish is getting better, but it is far from giving me the ability to fully communicate with the kids I work with.

I was able to play with some of the kids though. Suki and I performed our skits on Monday and Thursday at the VBS and we taught the children's class at a different church on Tuesday. I was able to tell the story (of Jacob and Esau) but there were definite times where I said things that may have just been a jumble of words. However, I was able to help the kids with the game and help them with their puzzles. The kids are really sweet and really interested in us. They were excited to have 'guests from far away' come to teach their class, so they sat and listened better than I ever would have expected. Even the adults were excited, I think we had more adults in our class than we had kids! I was especially nervous when I was speaking to the adults, but we had lots of fun dancing and playing with the kids.

I have learned plenty of new dances here! Of course, they are all to Spanish songs, but some will easily cross over to english, so I'm excited to be able to bring that home. Suki and I danced on stage most of the days for the VBS to help the kids learn the songs. It was fun. We are helping out at a different VBS this week, so I'll be a pro by the time I leave!

This weekend we went to the last congreso of the year! Kristi was teaching skills and heart to 25 Sunday School teachers in Los Mochis. It is really cool to see these men and women get excited about this. Most people (here AND in the States) see sunday school, and children's ministry in general, as something that is supposed to keep the kids busy. Provision ministries is down here giving people the material and the inspiration to see children's ministry as a way to change lives, even when the kids are very young.

I am most excited to come home with a heart for God's people that has grown in more ways than I can count. Everyone I meet help to teach me a little bit more about God's love and how He wants me to apply it to my life and to those around me.

Thank you for all your love and prayers.