Youth Trip

The mission trip with the high school students from Christ Chapel Bible Church started on Monday, July 14.  We spent the entire day working with Iglesia Bautista Vida Nueva in Nueva Conception.  Since there are almost 90 people (youth and chaperones) it takes awhile to move everyone around in three different buses.  

We formed 20 different groups and shared at three different schools.  

At noon, we all returned to the church for lunch and then in the afternoon all 130 of us went to the central park and played various soccer matches and basketball games with neighborhood kids.  We were supposed to have a concert, but there was a huge downpour so it was impossible to bring out the sound equipment.

On Tuesday we went to a school in San Salvador and half the team shared in the classrooms and the other half painted!  What a day!  There were more than 200 professions of faith in the classrooms.  

In the afternoon our three-day VBS started in a community center in Apopa.  There were about 70 kids on Tuesday.  The day included songs, drama, game time, Bible story time and craft time.  

Out of Order

Since I haven't had Internet access , except in the business center, I haven't downloaded any of the hundreds of pictures we took.  I also haven't written anything about this amazing week.  So, this morning as I wait in the lobby where I can get an hour or so of free wi-fi, I thought I would let everyone know that the next few posts on this blog will definitely be "out-of-order."  That is to say, out of chronological order!

Today we are checking out of our hotel and returning to Nelson and Rosemarie's house for the night.  They asked us to stay through the "super fiesta" on Sunday and we were happy to do it  It will give us another chance to see many of our VBS kids one more time.  Rosemarie and I are planning to fix thanksgiving dinner today.  There will be a turkey, but not sure about the rest.  I have what I need to make a pumpkin pie, but don't know if I'll have time or "oven" time to fix it.  Anyway, today is a great day to be thankful for everything God has done this week. 

We will head home in one of the vans from IBVN San Salvador (with a small group of Salvadorans) tomorrow after the morning service.  We have a busy week, put I WILL find time to update the blog so I can preserve the memories of this awesome week.