Well, It is Tuesday and we have 2 days of VBS under our belt!

Well, have we been busy! Saturday night when we arrived home from the beach we came home to the wonderful sight of Craig, Ed, and Eli having arrived safe and sound. :) We had Church on Sunday which was amazing. Pastor Jose gave a sermon on gozo! (joy) How we all need to find our joy in Christ. It was an amazing service, with lots of laughter as we listened to him in his animated way. Jaime did a great job translating for us. Don, Carol, Ken, Bobbi, Owen and Cori went down to Fredi and Adrianna's Church to visit while the rest of us stayed here and prepped & rested for VBS, and visited the local flea market in town. Monday we continued to work on Pedro and Ana's house, and work on the base with jobs needed around here. The trees are completed being cut behind Dave and Lynne's base, and the front wall is all painted. Monday we headed out after lunch approx. 30 miles north to Santo Tomas (it takes quite awhile to drive the 30 miles on these roads :)) We arrived at the migrant camp and came out ready to play with the kids. We brought out bubbles, soccer balls, nerf type footballs, frisbees, and love and smiles. We played for awhile and then brought out the music. Ken, Craig, and Lindsey played and led music. The kids had so much fun saying Ken's name over and over again. Quien? they would say? No he would say Ken... Lol, over and over and over again. Britan held the music and everyone had a good time. The puppets came out next with Lindsey, Tara, Eli, and Jean. Austin and Carol held the screen. The kids of all ages enjoyed the puppets. After the puppets Alma one of the "Angels" the girls from the local church youth group gave the bible study. She did a fabulous job. Then came time for the craft. The first day we made name tags for all of the children kinda like ours. We had about 30 kids this first day. We were pleased with the turn out. After the craft was made we had them line up, pray, and then gave out snacks. After this was done we played another major game of soccer before we went home for the night. One thing I am noticing is that we are eating well on our trip God has blessed us with some wonderful cooks. :)

TUESDAY~ Oh were we blessed today. We had the choice which some of us took, to go to the church and learn to make homemade tortillas during the work time. Zachary, Myself, Bobbi, Carol, Jaime, Briton, Tara, Cori, Jean, Randi, Owen, Anita, Shirley, and Eli took the opportunity to go learn this amazing talent from these beautiful ladies at the church. We got to learn corn tortillas and flour tortillas. I do have to say that rolling the tortillas out with a rolling pin with no handles is an interesting thing to try. :) We had a wonderful time and I think in the flour room Owen and Zac were the best. :) I'm not sure how it went out at the corn tortilla area but I do know Carol had them laughing hard, and that Eli had mastered making small corn chips. :) Today we had the flour and corn tortillas for lunch. MMMmmmmm
VBS today went much the same...except when we got there we had them waiting for us to come. :) We jumped out and the huge game of soccer was up and running. There were all ages playing it was so fun. We played for so long, and then it was time to go sing. We sang, and it went smoother than the day before. :) Lindsey is an amazing guitarist and her stepping in and playing my guitar was a life saver. It freed me up to take photos and get the crafts ready. :) Then the puppets came today Zachary, Tara, & Owen were the puppets. :) Today Don and Austin were holding the screen. After that Priscilla one of the other "Angels" gave the bible story. Then we made the spinner buttons as the crafts, we had about 40 kids today...keep praying the groups are growing!!!! Some of the kids could get them to spin like the wind and others had trouble... but Craig was the best out of all of us. LOL Then came some amazing oranges, and of course some more soccer. I got to hold some precious babies. :) Then we drove home to get cleaned up, rest up, and to do it all over again... Tomorrow though the ladies are giving us a Tamale lesson. :) After dinner I will post some photos. :) Wait till you see the progess on Pedro and Ana's house you won't believe it! :)