Work at the church...

Yesterday, Josh and I spent the entire day at the church, Iglesia Fundamento Biblico. When we arrived at about eight thirty, there were about 30 americans there and about 10 dominicans from another church. The americans came from John Pipers church, and the dominicans came from Pastor Santanas church in Santiago.

Josh helped a lot with the construction. He shoveled sand with several other young people that was pulled up by pulleys in buckets. Then, he manned the recieving of buckets from the roof. The sand is being mixed with conctrete to make the floor.

I went with a group of young people into the streets of El Dique to spread the word about the upcoming VBS. We knocked on their doors and talked to people in the streets. The streets were very narrow, sometimes only ten feet wide, and the people that lived there were very poor. Two little guys acted as our guides showing us the houses that had children.

Later on, a whole group of young people gathered about 70 children from the town and played games and sang songs with them in front of the church. It was so precious to see these little kids (ages 3 to 10) laughing and enjoying themselves. We taught them songs about Jesus in Spanish like,

Ale lu ale lu ale lu ale lu.... GLORIA A DIOS!

We also sang this one,

Dios es tan grande, tan fuerte y amante...

God is so BIG so STRONG and so LOVING!

We had a great time with the little kids and their parents. The registration for the VBS is getting so big that most age groups are closed. lots of kidlets signing up!

At seven pm, we had prayer meeting and got a detailed report from Mr. Sena about the conference in Kentucky. It was really cool to see some of our friends in the pictures! Anyway, we love you guys and we are coming home soon. Only 13 days left!!!!