half way done

We just cannot believe are over half way through our trip. It has been filled with so many great experiences already.

We finished up our VBS at the school today. It was hard to say goodbye as this time we could not say "Hasta Manyana" (I am sure i obliterated the spelling of that... which means 'see you tomorrow'.) We are going to a church in that same area on Sunday however, so the pastor was there today and invited them all to church!
It is always hard to know what kind of an impact you are having. Are the kids listening? Are they understanding? Is it impacting them? That is when we trust in the LORD that his word does not return void, and that his Spirit interceeds where we cannot. So, the gospel was shared today and we trust that His Spirit did a mighty work. Several kids responded to the "invitation" to receive Christ. If they truly understood or not, that is for the LORD to comprehend! I was encouraged though, that this children are capable of understanding... when this afternoon we had a young girl with our group handing out flyers for the VBS we will begin tommorrow in a different area of town. The pastor there said that she was a sister in Christ, and you could see it in her life. She enthusiastically took us to all the homes that had children in them, to invite them to come the next 3 days!

Tonight was another free evening to relax and rest up. This is such a fun group of people to just hang out with. It is a blast for us to be together!

For lunch today Juan our bus driver and a local pastor here took us to his home. His wife made a delicious meal for us all. How generous of them to feed our entire group... a huge sacrifice I am sure. He asked us to sing a few worship songs in english that he knew in spanish. Then he shared with us his testimony of how he came to know Christ... powerful is all I can say. We have it on tape, and hope we can share it with you when we get back... or maybe we'll even post it to the blog.

Thanks for your continued prayers! God is faithful.