Wednesday in Bogota

Pastor Steve arrived on late Tuesday evening.  He was up bright and early to do the devotion on Wednesday morning and devotions just don't get any better than that.

We loaded up about 9:30 and headed to La Candelaria (downtown historic Bogota) where we shared the gospel along La Septima (7th Avenue.)  You see all types of people along that street and many of them are willing to listen to the good news of Jesus.

One of the members of Vida Nueva has a friend who works with families and children in a pueblo named Choachí, so Wednesday afternoon we traveled an hour and half over the mountains outside Bogota to get there.  The views were spectacular and the drop-offs incredible.  

We set up a VBS-like rotation with Bible story, crafts, snacks and recreation and were able to work with all 60 kids in about an hour and half.  We were also able to share the gospel with many of the parents who were there. There were almost 30 professions of faith during the afternoon.

 

Day 2--Apopa Schools and VBS in Lourdes

Tuesday morning we went to two schools in the Apopa area that are right next to each other.  One was for grades 1 through 9 and the other was the high school.  Stephen and I were with the group at the high school.  We had teams sharing in ten classrooms; there were several hundred professions of faith--praise God.  

VBS in Lourdes continued in the afternoon.  It was raining so instead of being outside like on Monday, we worked with the ladies in a small room at the community center.  Wow, was it hot!  There were thirty women on Tuesday (23 on Monday), so we were quite busy giving directions and passing out supplies to the newcomers.  I shared my testimony and the gospel about half-way and although there weren't any professions of faith, we did have the opportunity to have some good conversations . . . and some seeds were planted.  So glad to have lots of help from Maria Elena, Isabel, Carolina and Zuley.  

 The kids got their "Real Heroes" VBS shirts and made gospel bracelets for their craft.  The CCBC youth worked each of the five rotations, especially the games group who had to improvise because of the rain.

The other half of the CCBC group held a kid club/family festival at another location in the neighborhood and a basketball camp at a third location.  These kids were busy all the time!