Here's a quick update of what's been going on in Colombia and what's coming up!
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| 6th Grade at la Luz del Mundo |
El Camino Academy
In school I've been helping with ELL and helping out at school with social service events which is SO cool seeing preK-12 serving the Lord!
At school I'm also doing something called Mission Spot. It's a 15 minute session every Friday with 1st-8th graders where we watch a movie and then relate it to missions and serving Christ. We're watching the book of Acts The Visual Bible which is the Bible word for word acted out. It's an old version but it's been really good! Right now we're in Chapter 7 and Stephen's speech before getting stoned and how he mentions three important men of God from the old testament so we took the past three weeks to talk about Abraham, Joseph, and Moses and how God used each of them to do the work of the Lord and relate it to our lives. It's also been a good reminder to me of God's faithfulness and God's purpose and heart of reaching the Gospel to every nation!
Foundation FormaVida
Lately in FormaVida we've been reading through the Jesus Storybook Bible...with a TWIST! A mission group from Montana came down in August and donated Bilingual Storybook Bibles! So we've been reading it in English and Spanish to the kids in the program so that they can listen to it in English since some of them are taking English classes in school. Today I read it in Spanish and another missionary, Meredith, from the states who's here for the next month painting murals read the English part. I've also been taking my nail polish up there and the girls LOVE IT.
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| Painting fingernails! |
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| Reading the Jesus Storybook at FormaVida! |
Also I think what she's doing is SO cool. It's kind of like the World Race but with a more focused intention of painting murals in several different countries and doing it alone. So far she's been to Mozambique, Peru, now Colombia, going home for the holidays, and then the Philippines and some other places I can't remember right now...but check out her blog!
Coming Up Next!
Colombian Church Youth Group Retreat
This weekend (Oct 31-Nov 1) The youth group from my Colombian church (CDC) is going to Villa de Leyva which is a beautiful mountain town 3 hours north of Bogotá. We're having a retreat there and I'm in charge of a group of girls! Please pray for me. I have all the material and have to lead them in Biblical discussions. As you know Spanish is not my first language so I'm a little nervous about that! After freaking out for a few minutes the Lord reminded me of 1 Corinthians 1:27....
But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
Don't get me wrong I love speaking Spanish and I'm not afraid to but conversing in Spanish and leading a group of peers in Spanish I feel are pretty different things. However, I trust the Lord has put me in this position for a reason and I will trust Him humbly knowing that however it goes it is definitely not my work but the Lord's work in me!
Mission Trip to La Mesa
November 27-29 I have the privilege of leading a group of El Camino Academy students to a different town 2 hours north of Bogotá. Here we will be working with an orphanage with kids and teenagers doing Bible Clubs, games, and more activities. I've never been so I don't know exactly what it looks like but please join me in praying for this! That the students at ECA will be changed by serving here and will also make a difference and share Christ with the kids and teens we will be working with there!
Prayer Requests
- Keep loving the kids at the foundation FormaVida and coming up with new ways to teach them about the Lord and show them His Love.
- Wisdom and SUPERNATURAL Spanish skills in leading teens and peers this weekend at Villa de Leyva.
- Preparation goes smooth in planning for our mission trip to La Mesa and that we would be a blessing to those who we will be serving!
- Wedding prep and that God would guide Edwin and I and provide us on where to live here in Bogotá after we get married in January!
