greetings to all!
it is a chilly but beautiful morning in Cajamarca today! things are going great, and God is doing good things in us and through us. yesterday was a busy day as we loaded up early in the morning to head to the local school where we did our VBS with around 270 children from 1st through 6th grade. it was an awesome morning as students rotated from a time of worship to a time of crafts and ending with some time with our rec team. our worship team did an awesome job of singing Jesus Loves Me, and I've got the joy, joy , joy in Spanish, and then taught the children Deep and Wide in English. Jarrett and Jan also took opportunities to give their testimony, and Carlos shared the Gospel with every child. it was an awesome time. the craft team taught the children how to draw and color angels. one of the highlights of the day was when we told each child that they could take their ziploc bag with 5 crayons home with them. a gasp went through the room each time. our team talked about how we would never look at crayons the same again. our rec teams stayed busy playing jump rope, duck-duck-dog, and soccer. they did a great job!!
after lunch we walked to Monte Sion Baptist Church where we varnished some chairs and cabinets for the school and we also began painting lines for 3 volleyball courts and a soccer field on the newly paved concrete sports court for the school. we will head back to Monte Sion to finish that today.
we finished our devotional time last night by hearing Larry Johnson's story. WOW! he told of the journey that God put him on that led Him to surrender all of his business in west texas because of the burden that he had for the peruvian people. all of this happened at age 49! what a way to spend retirement. it was a great lesson for us!
one prayer request is for tomorrow. we are going to have the privilege of going to the local university to share the Gospel with college students. pray for the Holy Spirit to be at work and to give us boldness to share how Jesus has changed our lives.
i'm so proud of our team. they are doing a great job of encouraging other and serving the people here in Cajamarca. God is good!!
4 comments:
Just wanted y'all to know we are praying for you. We have our prayer bracelets on as a constant reminder to lift y'all up during the day and before we go to bed at night. Sounds like y'all are doing great. Tell Justin we said Hey. Also, tell him Harley misses him and can't wait to ride the 4 wheeler to the creek when he gets home. What an awesome God we serve.
Love, Tommy, Shari, & Rachel
It's very encouraging to hear that things are going so well. Tell Larry hey for me if he remembers me. Keep updating because I like to know what is going on. Also, we prayed for ya'll in staff meeting here at IBC yesterday. It sounds like ya'll are giving all the glory to God and serving Him wholeheartedly. Look forward to hearing more.
Hey Clay,
Thanks for the blogs each day. You made me cry talking about the crayons today. What a blessing that must of been. I guess that is the teacher in me. I say a small pray every time I look at my bracelet. Tell Megan we said HI! The weather here is very HOT! Glad to hear that it is cool there.
Love, Holly, Dave, and Darcey
I'm sooooo glad to hear things are going well for y'all! I will continue to keep each of you in my prayers. Hope y'all have a WONDERFUL day tomorrow!!
Love, Rachel
p.s. JUSTIN THOMAS MILLS--I miss you!!! : (
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