Friday and Sabbath

We had a great day on Friday. We worked half of the day at the job site and got a portion of the church painted with primer and one coat of paint. The sanding team got several more benches sanded and prepped for lacquer. The roofing team have several trusses up already. Wow!!!







We ate lunch and headed out to the Mayan Village to hand out flyers inviting them to the VBS and the adult seminar. The kids walked the dirt roads visiting people in their huts and personally inviting them to the meetings. Then we got to visit Rio Blanco, a favorite "watering hole." We all enjoyed the water and the great lunch.









Sabbath was wonderful! We presented the Sabbath School program in the Mayan village of San Antonio. Fred Mathews, Charmaine Daniels, Jesse Hernandez, Roy Opsahl and Alan Pratt led out in a Sabbath School lesson. Jeanette Esquer shared a personal testimony for the church service as well as singing in a trio with Elisa McMurry and Sherry Pratt. Brian Simmons shared a wonderful message with interpretion by Graciano Balon. We were able to enjoy lunch and relaxation by a pond nearby.








We began our VBS in the afternoon with registration at 3:00pm The kids began to arrive at about 2:30 and by the end of the hour we had about 165 kids.



Juliana Mathews presented the first Power Point presentation and did an outstanding job. The kids listened intently as she shared with them the week of creation and God's love for them.





Between meetings we had a little excitement as Graciano Bolon caught an iguana just below the church. Jeanette Esquer, and Sydney Larsen were bold enough to touch the thing! Yikes!





The adult meeting went very well also. Lindsey Henning was the speaker and presented Daniel 2 with Graciano Bolon interpreting. Lindsey did a beautiful job!



We are enjoying wonderful food as the kitchen crew work early morning hours and late nights to keep us fed. The fruit here is delicious. We have enjoyed watermelon, pineapple and papaya every day as well as bananas and oranges. YUM!

The events so far have been a wonderful experience for the kids. Each one of these kids are seeing first hand what it is like to share God's love in many different ways. We are already hearing kids tell us that they are changing, that they are seeing things differently than they did before. They realize a simple lifestyle is not a bad thing and recognize that the distractions of our world can keep you from what is most important, a relationship with Jesus.

Please continue to pray for changed hearts!