Monday, June 28

This is Emma and Hannah. Sorry we haven't been keeping up with this - we have been pretty busy :) Thursday we packaged up 700 bags of food and clothes that we've been giving out this week. All this food came from the Gods side vision and it was really neat to see all the CLC supplies that filler the warehouse. We thought we would never get them done! But we did :) Friday we had an awesome day of training and learned all the dances and dramas. Jake, Amanda and Adam were our enthusiastic instructors. We are not professionals, but we have so much fun - we all have been singing the songs none stop :) Saturday was our first official day of ministry. We went to Miraflores which is about 3 hours away. First we went to a school with kids that were under 8 years old. We did our first program and saw 15 to 20 kids come to Christ. Next we went to a street conner in the rain and did a program. This was quite different from the school because not as many people came. That didn't keep us down!! We went back to the school and did a program for the older kids that were in school. This was a disappointment for most of us, we were laughed at by some of the kids and no one came down for the salvation prayer. But it's okey because we know God still wanted us there for a reason and still being used by him.After the school we went to a church and handed out the bags to the people who the pastor saw fit. We all connected VERY well with the kids here!! they were awesome and so happy! It made it all the harder to leave. Sunday we went to church. Don Triplet was the pastor. the service was almost 3 hours long but very intersting to see how they do things here. After the service we handed out more bags and played with the children. Later, we got to go the market.... we all have some fun and intersting stories = )Today we went and did some more ministry in Guatalupe. It was destroyed by a mud slide and now they are really struggling because it took out all there crops and a lot of their homes. We didnt get to do any programs because it was raining very hard and never ended, so this cut our day short and we headed home around 3. After handing out the bags we went to the bus to have some lunch. We noticed a group of kids hanging out and playing beside the bus. Some of us got off the bus and started playing with them, this turned into everyone taking off the socks of our feet and giving them to them. Abby gave a boy her own shoe laces because he didn't have any. God gave us the best nationals possible!! They are so awesome, Sarah, Oyin, Kenyi, Hosue, Caralina and Oscar are all of our new best friends!! The lanuage barrier really stinks but doesn't keep us from connecting with them = ) Even though we haven't seen any physical miracles in the people, we are seeing a miracle in our group and becoming more close and united. We are hoping to bring back this unity to the youth group. Keep your prayers on Paula, she is very sick and very weak. She has been in bed for 2 days and is slowly gaining her energy back. Thank you for all your prayers! We love and miss you all.