This morning we had a great team devotion and then drove about 1 1/2 hours to a village by a river. The small church had 65 kids gathered for the special surprise promised by their pastor...us! While the program went great & we had a blast, the first day of ministry can often mean adjustments to the plan... such as: Why did we think we could explain to the boys & girls how to make pinwheels in Spanish? Most of the team couldn't even explain it to each other in English! (needless to say, we will be bringing home several pinwheels) Another funny glitch was during the game time. While Greg was giving the explanation of "capture the flag" one little guy ran, grabbed the flag, and yelled, "I won". All the boys laughed. Then the game proceeded to be a free-for-all wrestling match...time for a new game.
Have you ever seen a magnet on a desk with a box of paper clips? That's what it looked like when team member Krystal started handing out dimes, a huge circle of kids uncontrollably drawn to her, we knew Krystal was in there.... someplace!
We were priviledged to spend this evening with over 50 area pastors. They traveled, mainly taking busses, from a radius of 2 1/2 hours. They do this every Monday night. No one is in a hurry for the service to start or end. For them it is all about relationship and time together. Most of their churches can not support them, so they all have side jobs as well. I had the priviledge of being their guest speaker and encouraging them in their calling. God gave us a wonderful service together.
Hundreds of pictures were snapped, our day was filled with hugs, laughter, smiles and heat. Today was a great day and the best thing is I know that it will be followed by another one! Chow.
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