More Posts!

Hey everyone! All of the students are doing great! We are having an amazing and very stretching experience. I am so proud of everyone!

Here are some posts the students made earlier today. This first one is from Aubrey Barnes

Hello! This is Aubrey. I am in Billy’s group. The last few days have been awesome! I love my group (Emily C., Madi S., Colin, and Jeff) and we have really done a great job connecting in everything we’ve done so far! Monday morning our group took lunches to a group of migrant workers. These are mostly Hispanic men who wait along the side of the road waiting for people to pick them up and hire them. We packed about 20 lunches in the morning with sandwiches, granola bars, and a drink. We had the chance to bless these men by providing them lunch while they wait for a job. We got the chance to talk with about 3 guys and that was awesome! Madi, Jeff, and I got to use our Spanish speaking abilities to communicate. J In the afternoon, Robin led us in a listening prayer exercise called Ask The Lord (or ATL) where we spent some time individually listening to God to see what He wanted us to do in the afternoon. That was an awesome experience! I’m not supposed to let the others on the team know what we did until they all get a chance to do ATL, but I look forward to sharing about that later!

Yesterday Robin and Harve told us at breakfast that many of the kids they work with only receive about a dollar a day from their parents to spend on food. They said that they wanted us to get a glimpse of what that is like, so each of us received a single dollar to buy all 3 meals yesterday. We weren’t allowed to combine our money at all. At about 2:00 I bought a pack of 3 blueberry muffins. I ate one right then, I saved one for dinner, and I still have one in my room now. J They surprised us and ended up giving us pizza before bed, so I didn’t end up eating the third muffin. It was definitely a challenge to go almost all day with so little food, but it was also very eye-opening and a good experience!

Also, yesterday our team walked to a nearby park in the morning and handed out flyers for the kids’ vacation Bible school that we are doing all week. In the afternoon we went to Casa Promesa (House of Promise) which is like a hospital/nursing home. Colin played guitar and we sang worship songs to the residents. We went around and asked them if they would like prayer. I prayed for two residents, George and Lydia. Later on while we were worshipping, a man asked us why, at such a young age, we were so passionate about God. We all shared and the man said that he hoped his son who is currently 7-years-old would have the same desire for God when he was our age. We prayed for the man and his son along with two other ladies who were in the room. It was such a great experience! I can definitely feel God moving on this trip!

Lastly, we had the privilege of taking the metro to the Brooklyn tabernacle last evening and we participated in a prayer meeting there. That was awesome! The church is huge!! No, we didn’t get to hear the Brooklyn Tabernacle choir L, but it was still cool! Thank you all for your prayers! We are having a great trip and we are looking forward to the continued work that God is going to do on our team!

Mom and Dad, I miss you and love you! Ian and I are both doing well J