Saturday, August 9, 2014

The day of Fries

Faithful followers,

Today was the end of our scheduled ministry schedule (though I'm not ruling out spontaneous ministry).  Our morning was the same as the past two days except for some little details.  Breakfast and worship prep simultaneously, breakfast with our little Spanish-speaking friends, worship time, quick game time, change for soccer, go to Alliance's facilities and play soccer (Yay, grass!), get sunburnt, return to Pan de Vida for lunch and a ceremony for the kids, complete with diplomas and medals, and then say emotional farewells to children and staff .

Worship time finally reached the energy level that I had a feeling the kids had in them, which was so much fun, but also so sad in that it was our last day with the kids.  Highlights include:

Dale combined Justin's lesson on our rejoicing in God's glory and Tim's lesson on God's rejoicing in us into presenting the Gospel through the Romans Road.  He got to point out exactly why Pan de Vida is what it is to the kids, and got to lead them to pursue God, and ask Pan de Vida's staff about future steps in the process of faith.  We had Mario to translate today, which was perfect for such an important lesson.

Lastly, farewells were difficult.  The kids had grown to love us for loving them, and the staff of Pan de Vida has been all too wonderful for us to fully appreciate.  Joyful tears were shed for what was called the best week many had ever lived.  I look forward to hopefully hearing about GCC Men's Soccer doing more with these hard-working people.


After we finished with our Pan de Vida responsibilities, we took a break and planned an evening of sightseeing in Quito.  Our bus never showed up (probably because Alberto was no longer our driver) and so we were forced to use the trolley to get across the city and then taxis to get back.  Boy was that something!  We saw cool things in the night-life of Quito, and it was the perfect peek into what Quito has to offer, without being stressful after such a tough departure from Pan de Vida.



I am very tired, so I am going to wrap this up quickly.  We did a majority of our packing today, and will be sightseeing all of tomorrow before going straight to the airport and awaiting our arrival home.  See you soon, everyone!

Because of all He's done, is doing, and will do, we praise God,
GCC Men's Soccer

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