Today was church with the older kids. Alexander preached a sermon on Matthew 11:28-30. He reminded us all that when we carry burdens we cannot walk in peace and joy. When we carry burdens we should give to the Lord what comes out of us usually is anger, bitterness and frustration. He asked if any of the team was willing to pray for the children and many in the team went up front. Many team members got to pray with several children as we closed the service. It was all quite a blessing.
At lunch all the kids and staff got fried chicken and ice cream with their rice and cole slaw sides and tortillas. The team got to get their trays off our table in the kids dining room and eat with the kids. We all thought that was a blessing in itself.
After lunch we had hair and nails with the big girls and hung out. During the kids dinner we had chinese rice for the little big boys and the special needs boys in their old little dining room.
Tonight the staff and volunteers came up to the team house for dinner. We were blessed to have them spend time and get to know some of them. One of the team shared about getting to know Elvia- the director of the school.
Tomorrow we start with kids bible studies in the morning at 5:45. Full work day tomorrow!
Thoughts from team members tonight:
Worship was so powerful, even when I didn’t know what we were singing in Spanish
I snotted over a kid today while we were praying, but the God moment was I was standing there up front waiting, as soon as I said God send me a kid I felt a hand on me then
When we were praying with people, I had one of the kids I brought to church come forward, and I knew she didn’t know English but I prayed for her. Then a guy came forward and I had to pray for him in English. When I finished praying for him he just stood there. I didn’t have anything else to say and the guy just stood there with me and kept praying until the end…as the day went on I just kept thinking about it and I realized sometimes we need to pray until God is done, not just when we think He is done.
I never have been asked to pray for anyone before so that was different. The kids who came to me were crying and really were not coming for attention but were responding to the message. After praying for the first kid I realized I had another message for the other kids. I realized it was just God showing me what to pray for them, even if some of it was the same kinds of things.
For me I loved church and praying but the favorite thing was when they were singing in Spanish in church, even when I didn’t know what they were saying it was such a blessing.
I enjoyed playing my chica chica. It was a God moment because that was a way for me to relate to the kids and we had fun and I was the champion three times.
I enjoyed eating lunch with all the kids. It feels weird to me that we usually eat at the team house. So it was neat to kind of try to meet them where they are.
I am struggling with what can I do here, after Lashawn sharing I am wondering what can I even do here.
When we ate lunch I couldn’t finish my chicken so I gave some of it away and to see the smiles on their faces is just so great.
I loved the message, Alexander is truly gifted and I have never felt the spirit like I did today, and it is so encouraging to see him preaching. For him to be talking about something they need to hear. That is all I want is for them to have authentic faith.
I really loved getting to pray for the kids at church. It was such a blessing to hear their hearts and desire to have God speak to them
Sorry for no photos. The team house wifi is down since the power is out (we have a generator but the wifi is out). My phone service is not good enough to post photos right now.
Thank you for praying!
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