When we hear this, most of us think of the prayer we learned as a child for meal time, but let me tell you  there is a totally different meaning to these words.  I have yet to post since we arrived, so bear with me this will be long…

Since we have been here, we have been blessed with so many different things.  The first service we led on Sunday had a Baptism (in a portable  pool in their building).  There was also a family from Switzerland that is living in Comayagua for his work and his parents and grandmother had been visiting.  So Pastor Mario had them speak to the church.  We heard them speak in German, the son translated it to Spanish and then Jasmine interpreted it into English.  The son was one of those that were baptized.  Then Sunday evening we went to the CCI church and they had Communion.  We were able to participate, and what a joy that was.  Both the Baptism and Communion are not done every service.  Isn’t it amazing how great God is, to have these events for the services we were at.  Monday took us to the streets in the morning.  We divided into 3 groups for evangelism with Pastor Mao’s church.  We saw a total of 21 salvations professed, every team had at least one.  Monday afternoon we went to the Hospital.  We took stuffed animals for the children, Purse filled with goodies for the women and hats for the men, and of course candy for all.  It was definitely a step up from the Hospital Rich and I visited in Choluteca in 2008, but the others on the trip still felt the impact of their misfortune and our appreciation for the Hospitals in the USA.  Then we had our “free time”.  This was a little strange for Rich and I as last time we did not have “free time” until the last day.  They took us to two Souvenir shops and two parks and to the oldest Clock Tower in all the America’s.  This is attached to a Church and we were allowed to go into the church and take pics, and they let us go up to t he top of the Bell Tower and look out.  The stairs were interesting, as they were not evenly spaced, but it was amazing view of God’s glorious creation in the sky and on Earth.  We then headed to the local mall, just like ours only smaller.  Oh, and there were armed guards in the parking lot.  Back to the house after the mall for supper and share time and prepped for VBS on Tuesday.  

Today we went out in the morning for evangelism with Pastor Orlando’s church.  Our team experienced a total of 45 salvation’s professed.  We also invited everyone to the church service for tonight and the children to the VBS we were putting on at 2pm today.  We then headed back to the house for lunch and regrouped.   We then headed back to Pastor Orlando’ s church for VBS.  There were at least 140 kids plus the adults and our team.  Adam did a great job leading the Bible Story.  He chose when Jesus walks on water in Matthew.  He had others act out the story as he read it from the Bible and then he reemphasized the importance of the story.  Erin asked questions and Beth and Eric gave out the prizes.  I had the kids come up (5 boys and 5 girls) and tell their favorite bible verse.  If they got it right, they got a prize.  We then led them in a few songs and a game of Hot Potato.  The kids lined the walls to play this game.  We then had real game time where the guys took the boys and the ladies took the girls to play games, while Ida, Beth and Erin took the younger ones to color and jump rope.  Then at the end we gave them all candy.  That 2 hours went by so quick.  (Those of you who know Beth will have to ask her about her pants.  She sat on the stage during VBS and ripped her pants on a nail, clear down her leg.  Thank goodness someone had a jacket she could wrap around her waist.)

We are all now relaxing and waiting until we have to get ready for church at 7pm. 

Of course the food is so amazing.  It has been tempting to “cheat” and drink something while I eat, but I am being good so far and having to chose wisely.  Fanny is a terrific cook, and a great housekeeper.

Isaiah is doing unbelievable, although I do not think I should expect any different.  Yesterday he presented the gospel once and today three times.  Today he had presented it to a group of five boys and they all excepted and this is while his other teammates were speaking to someone else.   It is a blessing to see God work not only in your own live, but even more when God works in your Child’s life. 

Well, I think I need to wrap up for now, I will try blog everyday, so it is not so long.

God Bless,

Amy

PS

Adam, Austin and Amber – We love you so much and miss you all.

Mom and Dad – Thanks for the comments and the prayers.

Valerie – Thank you for the encouragement and the prayers, I miss you so much and wish you could have come with us, you would love to be serving God with us.

Work – I do no t regret coming, and although I miss you all, I do not miss the work and the interference with God’s service.  I hope you all enjoy our blogs and can appreciate the work we are doing here.

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