Good morning everyone back home,
We have been very busy traveling and meeting new people. Yesterday morning we left the Baptist Mission House at 7am and headed out for San Felipe. The drive took us 5 hours and we saw all kinds of crops growing. Bananas and Sugar Cane were the most common. The country is very mountainous and green. We saw deep river valleys and lush vegetation. The roads are similar to American roadways but the drivers are not like American drivers. They drive wherever there is asphalt (including the shoulder of the highway). Several times I thought we would be witnessing a bad wreck...fortunately none happened.
We arrived in San Felipe and went to lunch at a conference center in the middle of town. The food was incredible and the people are very kind. We have yet to meet anyone who has not been kind to us. After lunch, we went to one of the churches that we are working with and divided into teams of missionaries, church members, and a translator. My translator is a 19 year old boy named Carlos. He is exceptionally good at English and studied it for three months at Liberty in Lynchburg, VA. He plans to attend college in TX to study Engineering Design. I pray we will see him again in the US!
Mark, Kim, and I are staying with Jerry and Keila in their home. They have a nice apartment and have been wonderful hosts. The other members of our team are staying with family members of Jerry and with Pastor Thomas. I am sure they have been well taken care of as well and will write more about their experiences when I see them today. We are waiting for the rest of othem to get here this morning to eat breakfast. After that, we will be out sharing again today.
Yesterday went really well. Our team met a couple families and they invited us right into their home and we spent time getting to know them and hear their stories. The home quickly filled up with people and I am not sure if that is because it is a center of activity in that part of town or because word spread that there were Americans visiting. My translator and I herded up the teenagers and met with five of them for a while and asked them about their faith, their understanding of Christ, and where they were at with their faith. One of the guys, a 15 year old named Rafael followed us around for ninety minutes and was full of questions. I am teaching the youth on Saturday, so we invited him to come. We will pick him up Saturday...so please be praying he makes it as he needs other Christian teenagers around him!
Everyone just got here so I need to go and play host:) Praying you are all well...will write again soon!
Blessings,
-Kirk
We have been very busy traveling and meeting new people. Yesterday morning we left the Baptist Mission House at 7am and headed out for San Felipe. The drive took us 5 hours and we saw all kinds of crops growing. Bananas and Sugar Cane were the most common. The country is very mountainous and green. We saw deep river valleys and lush vegetation. The roads are similar to American roadways but the drivers are not like American drivers. They drive wherever there is asphalt (including the shoulder of the highway). Several times I thought we would be witnessing a bad wreck...fortunately none happened.
We arrived in San Felipe and went to lunch at a conference center in the middle of town. The food was incredible and the people are very kind. We have yet to meet anyone who has not been kind to us. After lunch, we went to one of the churches that we are working with and divided into teams of missionaries, church members, and a translator. My translator is a 19 year old boy named Carlos. He is exceptionally good at English and studied it for three months at Liberty in Lynchburg, VA. He plans to attend college in TX to study Engineering Design. I pray we will see him again in the US!
Mark, Kim, and I are staying with Jerry and Keila in their home. They have a nice apartment and have been wonderful hosts. The other members of our team are staying with family members of Jerry and with Pastor Thomas. I am sure they have been well taken care of as well and will write more about their experiences when I see them today. We are waiting for the rest of othem to get here this morning to eat breakfast. After that, we will be out sharing again today.
Yesterday went really well. Our team met a couple families and they invited us right into their home and we spent time getting to know them and hear their stories. The home quickly filled up with people and I am not sure if that is because it is a center of activity in that part of town or because word spread that there were Americans visiting. My translator and I herded up the teenagers and met with five of them for a while and asked them about their faith, their understanding of Christ, and where they were at with their faith. One of the guys, a 15 year old named Rafael followed us around for ninety minutes and was full of questions. I am teaching the youth on Saturday, so we invited him to come. We will pick him up Saturday...so please be praying he makes it as he needs other Christian teenagers around him!
Everyone just got here so I need to go and play host:) Praying you are all well...will write again soon!
Blessings,
-Kirk
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