Update #2

Just a quick update while I can catch a random wireless signal. 
6-26-11-Today was a good day.  In the morning we went to Pastor Jose
Juan’s home to have our first VBS.  We walked the neighborhood, inviting
kids to come join us while some people stayed back playing games with a
few kids.  By the time we were done with our neighborhood meet and
great and street games we have about 30 kids at the VBS.  Cecily and
Kaitlin S. taught the first VBS lesson of the wordless book about
heaven.  The kids seemed to track pretty well.  We taught them some kids
songs from the US as well as sung some spanish kids songs.  Kaitlin G.
told the story of David and Goliath and had kids and students act out
the parts (of course I was Goliath, today we are doing Jonah and I
thought I would get volunteered for the whale too but thankfully no). 
We has some refreshments for the kids and had a great time building some
relationships and teaching them a Bible verse.  We walked back to our
house and had some lunch and planned for the next VBS and the church
service we would participate in the evening.  Then we went on a little
walk to search for Cokes.  The supermarket was closed and we were pretty
upset but found a little shop around the corner from our house and got
13 ice cold Cokes with real sugar and lots of smiles from the team.  We
went back and had dinner and celebrated Cecily’s birthday with ice
cream that Dana arranged to be a surprise to all the team members which
resulted in more smiles.  We then walked back to Pastor Jose Juan’s home
for the church service.  They wanted our participation so Cecily,
Kaitlin, Jeremy (student from other youth group), Neil (AIM leader,
Pastor Jon (other pastor), and myself shared testimonies and
devotionals.  It was a good night and the students did real well for the
first time speaking with a translator.  Danny translated some of our
songs into spanish and led in worship and did an awesome job, they really
appreciated our singing in spanish.  Then we waled back to the house. 
It was a great day of ministry.  Praise God that all our healthy, all
have great attitudes, and all are excited for the opportunities to
come.  I am so blessed to be with a great group of students.
PJ