¡¡¡Gracias a Dios, Él está en Mexico!!!  God is really showing up here.  I am so thankful to be here with the team.  It has been incredible worshipping together with the Nationals and finding that we worship the same God… and sometimes with the same tunes too!  The children were a smash.  It was so incredible seeing them learn about God and many of them gave individual cards to their leaders after thanking them for teaching them about God.  One of my favourite points was replacing the black bracelet representing sin with a colourful bracelet representing eternal life on a little girl and asking her, “¿Sabes que Dios te ama tanto, no?”  (You know that God loves you so much, right?) and her solemn “Si” in reply.  It was really cool.  I got the sense that some of them really got it. Pray that the work will continue as they have been invited back for Sunday school this Sunday.  We will be at the other church, but we pray that the children will go to the Sunday school and then from there the church can start activities for the parents too. 

As much as the VBS has been awesome, I really feel that I am here more to get to participate in the health and growth of our students, and that has been beyond incredible.  God is breaking down walls and doing a lot of rebuilding in our evening discussion and prayer times.  I am BLOWN AWAY by the hearts to go deeper with the Lord, just as we have prayed and how he is honouring both your prayers for us, and their open hearts.  “If from there you seek the Lord, your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.”  Deuteronomy 4:29 … and that is what’s happening here.  Pray that it continue when we come home and also that we may not lose heart in rebuilding at home that closeness of community that we have here.  We’ve had a taste now of how awesome Acts 2:45 can be.  Love you and miss you!  Especially my Brown bread sandwiches!