If God let me come on this trip for only one reason it would be this- to humble me. Everyday I am put into situations that are out of my comfort zone. I don´t want to sound like I´m complaining, but quite plainly I can not hear, understand or speak Spanish for the life of me. Quite literately I would say. It is humbling to speak Spanish because my accent is very bad. So every time I speak I am making myself vulnerable. I´ve gotten to the point where I don´t want to speak at all for fear that they will make fun of me! It is tough. Thursday afternoon the Ruanos told me that I had to choose a sport to do because the kids go twice a week. I chose soccer training with Rossanita and Bryan. I didn´t have any soccer shoes but I fit a pair of Bryan`s shoes perfectly. The whole soccer thing was humbling for me because here I am, obviously a gringo, trying to play soccer but getting run over by ten year old girls. I just keep thinking that even though this is really tough for me to go through, if I rely on Christ instead of myself this will make me stronger. It is not a pleasant process, that´s for sure. Prayers would be appreciated! Pray that I can keep the right perspective ( the big picture) and glorify God in all that I do. When I take my eyes off of Christ I fall and I fall hard. Shout out to all of my P-ville friends! I miss you all and I´m glad that the IATETHEM event went well! The link takes you to the website and explains it all. And here is another link for the time-lapse video of the event. I was just reading Jeremiah the other day (I sort of stumbled upon it) and that was before I remembered that IATETHEM came from Jeremiah! Jeremiah 15:16 ``Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name,O Lord God of hosts.``
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Blogging is hard! But I am going to try to gather my thoughts from this past week. The team from Chicago taught classes in Bible, Puppets, Balloons(making animals and such) and Dance at the Ruano's church. I ended up in the dance class which is so funny because I am so not a dancer. We learned "Musica Por Dentro" by Tercer Cielo. I have a new appreciation for what dancers go through now that I've experienced it for myself! The classes were on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and then on Saturday the students all received certificates for completing their training. The people who took the classes were all involved in children's ministries at different churches. The majority of them were young adults.
Saturday afternoon we went to Zone 18 in Guatemala City for an outreach. The team did their puppet sketch, a group performed the dance and they made balloon animals for the kids. It was raining really hard on Saturday and we were supposed to be outside on the street somewhere. But instead we ended up in a covered space. When we first got there, there was no one around, but then a few kids came and before we knew it the place was packed! Dan and Donna Zellner, missionaries with Servents 4 Him, were there because they live only a few minutes away from where we were. The coolest thing on Saturday was giving away shoes to the kids. It was a little chaotic, but eventually we got a line going and did our best to match up shoe sizes to the kids.
Sunday I got to help out with Sunday School again. We had more time being combined in the beginning because the team did puppets and a memory verse together. I love the songs that we sing in the Sunday School- the kids all get into it with motions that the teachers lead in- the teachers might be more excited then the kids at times haha. All of the teachers are late teens/early twenties.
Sunday afternoon we went to another church for their service at 3. It was a really long service-three hours! The team performed a interpretative song sketch (I don't know if that's what you call it or what but it's when they act out the song) and their puppet show again. The pastor from the team preached and then I performed the dance along with three others in front of the whole church. I'm guessing it was between 150 and 200 people there that night.
Monday was a fun day- we visited the Kendall's in Antigua and went to the market. It was my second time to the market, so I was excited. There are so many colors and patterns to look at. I did end up buying a few things, bracelets and such, but I didn't exchange all my money so I am planning on going back to Antigua before I come back to the States.
I don't feel like this is a very good post- there was so much to cover! I feel like it's been forever since I did a post, though it's only been a little over a week. I'll try to make my next post a little less all over the place and more interesting :) Email me! I would love to hear from you! And thank you all for your prayers! Now that the team is gone I'm back to learning Spanish- picking up a little everyday.
Saturday afternoon we went to Zone 18 in Guatemala City for an outreach. The team did their puppet sketch, a group performed the dance and they made balloon animals for the kids. It was raining really hard on Saturday and we were supposed to be outside on the street somewhere. But instead we ended up in a covered space. When we first got there, there was no one around, but then a few kids came and before we knew it the place was packed! Dan and Donna Zellner, missionaries with Servents 4 Him, were there because they live only a few minutes away from where we were. The coolest thing on Saturday was giving away shoes to the kids. It was a little chaotic, but eventually we got a line going and did our best to match up shoe sizes to the kids.
Sunday I got to help out with Sunday School again. We had more time being combined in the beginning because the team did puppets and a memory verse together. I love the songs that we sing in the Sunday School- the kids all get into it with motions that the teachers lead in- the teachers might be more excited then the kids at times haha. All of the teachers are late teens/early twenties.
Sunday afternoon we went to another church for their service at 3. It was a really long service-three hours! The team performed a interpretative song sketch (I don't know if that's what you call it or what but it's when they act out the song) and their puppet show again. The pastor from the team preached and then I performed the dance along with three others in front of the whole church. I'm guessing it was between 150 and 200 people there that night.
Monday was a fun day- we visited the Kendall's in Antigua and went to the market. It was my second time to the market, so I was excited. There are so many colors and patterns to look at. I did end up buying a few things, bracelets and such, but I didn't exchange all my money so I am planning on going back to Antigua before I come back to the States.
I don't feel like this is a very good post- there was so much to cover! I feel like it's been forever since I did a post, though it's only been a little over a week. I'll try to make my next post a little less all over the place and more interesting :) Email me! I would love to hear from you! And thank you all for your prayers! Now that the team is gone I'm back to learning Spanish- picking up a little everyday.
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