“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” Amen.
My class begins each school day with a devotion. We've been practicing the same songs, Jesus Loves Me, and This Little Light of Mine. It's been great to see some of the students picking up on the words to the song, and singing along with me. I also play the tambourine to Rise and Shine and to our goodbye song at the end of the day. During these two songs my students dance with one another, and I must say it is the CUTEST part of our day. I will have to get a video of it one of these days to share with you, because I have a very confident feeling that it will bring you just as much joy that it brings to me!
Friday night the girls in our house went with Sarah to one of her youth group events, which happened to be the first over-night event. It's called Groupos de Vida y Con Vivencia (Groups of Life and with Fellowship). It's really neat because all of the youth involved are from all over Gracias and go to different churches, but through this group they are able to come together to have even more fellowship with each other. We went to a camp up on a mountain about 10 minutes away from our house. The evening consisted of dinner, worship music, Shannon (Kristi's husband) preaching, a skit that some of the youth performed, and a bonfire before bedtime. The skit was very powerful, and was one that I even participated in when I worked at SpringHill one summer. The skit and Shannon's message were extremely powerful that evening. Here is the video of the skit the youth performed (and Kiley even got to be "death" in the skit).
This skit shows Jesus and one of His children together in the beginning. He is showing her all that He has created in the world, how beautiful everything is, and how much He loves her. Then the sin in the world starts to distract her from Jesus. The temptation of the opposite sex, money, alcohol, outside beauty and how we think we need to look, and finally the Enemy itself. The girl is extremely tempted by all of these things and they get in the way of her relationship with Jesus, even though He continues to fight for her. Finally, as she contemplates taking her life because these distractions have not fulfilled her enough, she realizes it is only Jesus who can fulfill her desires. And she runs for Him. Jesus proves His mightiness by holding back all of those temptations that used to distract her, and not allowing them to grab a hold of her again. In the end, it is just Jesus and her again, and she falls in love all over again with Jesus. I hope this skit touched you the way it does me every time I see it!
After the bonfire all of us girls went to the housing area we were staying in for the night. It was one room filled with bunk beds, and even more bugs than beds. There were different kinds of bugs all over the place, and it is a big surprise that I am not more bit up than I am! But the event was definitely worth going to for the night.
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| beautiful view of some of Gracias! |
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| Jaime and I |
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| The girls housing |
The next morning Kiley and I walked back to Gracias, because we had seen a poster for a breast cancer walk that was happening Saturday morning. We went to the central park down the road from our house and waited for the event to start. There was a group of Canadians that we learned are here for three months doing different volunteer projects. They work together with a group of Hondurans, and together they helped to organize the walk. They call breast cancer "Cancer de Mamas" here, which is Mother's Cancer. We had pink balloons and posters with statistics of breast cancer on them, and walked through town for a bit. It was a very neat experience and I was very happy to be supporting breast cancer, and the importance of being checked for it.
The evening was set up for a surprise party to happen for Tabitha, Kiley, and Zak because all of their birthdays are within the next couple of days. We planned it out well and it was a lot of fun! The night was filled with hamburgers, cupcakes, music and dancing, and best of all a pinata with lots of candy!
Also, I decided to include a YouTube video in this post. I love so many of the Spanish songs I hear, even if I don't necessarily know what is being said. When I heard this song for the first time, I fell in love with it. It is so beautiful to me and I wanted to share it with you! This is basically what it is saying: I want to lift my hands to You, wonderful Jesus, Miraculous Lord, fill this place with Your presence, descend your power; we are here, I believe in You Jesus and in what you will do in my everything, You receive all the glory, we are beautiful children of God. Just click the link below and enjoy :)
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