Today we focused on the children. We went to two churches and conducted a vacation bible school at each. In the morning we walked to Los Servidores de Dios (The Servants of God) church. All the children are off from school this week because of Semana Santa (Holy Week). We sang songs with the kids; some english and some spanish. We did songs with motions and even got Pastor Steve to do them. The kids were told a bible story and then we did some crafts of paper flowers & beaded bracelets. There was one young man who was blind that paticularly enjoyed making his own bracelet with the help of Sue.
In the afternoon we took a bus ride to Mario's church in Los Guaricanos. We walked the barrio (neighborhood) to gather the kids. The VBS was conducted on the are basketball court so we would have enough room for all the children. The numbers kept growing until there were about 100 kids. It was chaotic, but we had a great time. The singing was joyful and we were grateful we had enough craft supplies. Alice found herself writing on the paper cross "Jesus murios por mi" (Jesus died for me) over 30 times and Joe had to guard the glue sticks because all the kids wanted to take them home.
Alice, Kerry, Lori went with Yolanda Matos to visit some of the sick in the neighborhood. She has started a ministry to the poor and sick in the church neighborhood. There are many needs here. Please pray for Mario and Yolanda as they minister to the Least, the Last and the Lost.
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