Day Four -- Colorado

On Day four we left Buenos Aires to go to Colorado, a trip of about an hour and a half, with the last hour being all dirt and rocky roads, not to mention window and cliff-side.  Beautiful view, albeit precipitous.

In Colorado, we had breakfast at a local school -- gallo pinto and eggs and ham.  Cafe and Agua Dulce.  Then we split into two groups.  One group stayed at the high school to minister through English-as-a-second-language outreach, and the other to work at an elementary school, where the team ran a  Bible-club-for kids-style ministry.  Rachel S. and Victoria shared the story of Paul's conversion three times with groups of around 20 students.  The ESL group had about thirty to thirty-five kids in their two groups--one of 7th and 8th graders, the other of 7th and 9th graders.

 After a delicious lunch of rice, beans, and a stew-type topping (prepared in an outdoor kitchen), we got back to work.  The ESL team stayed at a local house, invited children in the neighborhood (which doesn't really describe the rural layout at all), and hosted a VBS where Ariana and Austin taught the story of Elijah and the widow.

Long, busy day -- hot sun dry, dusty roads. Great spirits! And a stop for ice cream.  At supper time, we enjoyed another meal at Pastor Samuel and Rebecca's home in Buenos Aires. We also got to see all the ocnstruction work that Justus and Brian had helped Efrain with through the last two days.  They are building classrooms for the church plant at the pastor's home there in Buenos Aires.

At the end of our meal, we shared a time of thankfulness for the Pastor's family, for Efrain and his wife Julia.  We prayed over the ministry there, and like every evening, made sure we washed all the dishes.