It was a good thing we didnt have internet access last night. Who knows how the blog would have read...
Yesterday we stopped in the village at San Pablo on our way to the Southern Compound for River of Life. Randy and his team have been involved with this village for some time, but we are the first team that they have taken to do ministry with the kids in the village. It was exciting for all of us....the first team to go in, the opportunity to share our faith, the chance to build some new relatiosnhips...
What happened was very frustrating. Our "Sports Camp" idea was a bust. We had children pushing each other down for Jolly Rancher candy. Our craft project ran short-- we planned for 40 and 70 children! We did not experience the euphoria of evangelism that we expected...instead, we felt a lot of heartburn.
We spent some time last night working on strategy for the rest of the week. I will be the first to admit that I was wrong....
I was a strong proponent for lots of structure and planning and organization. (I know that sound ridiculous, but it really happened!) I was out voted. Instead we relaxed the structure, dropped back to a very relational approach and prayed. W eparayed last night. We prayed when we got there, we prayed during the day...and God answered our prayer.
Every student was involved in ministry. Everyone of our adults was involved in ministry. We had a great lesson and lots of game time and all of us got to visit someone at their home! Today there was ministry taking place. Today the confusion was gone. Today God answered prayers!
I wish that I could convey how proud I am of our students....they have done great things for the King. He has used them in mighty ways!
Blessings.
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