Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. I've been busy working on projects! The main project I'm working on for the duration of the trip is writing and illustrating and generally putting together a book on dramas and skits, complete with tips on acting and scripts! It's really coming along quite nicely and I have about 7 out of 10 skits written out and even translated already. Because I'm so far ahead on my project, with about 2 more weeks of quality work time to go, Kristi and I and Ruben have decided to put together a CD. The most practical way to do so as Kristi and I have decided, is to put Bible verses to music. I've completed one song for the most part and hope to continue the week after next. However, next week is Kids Camp and we will be quite busy for a while.
It's been quite exiting around here these days. Even Olga, the cleaning lady, is totally exited. She started working outside cleaning the patio in preparation for Gary's team coming down (who will be arriving Saturday afternoonish, by the way, wooohooo!) and for Kids Camp, even trimming the trees and stuff, and it looks really good! The rest of us, today especially since Kristi is leaving early tomorrow morning to pick up Gary and team, have been totally running around like chickens with our heads cut off. Mostly it's just exitement, but it's been really fun and exiting! Oh, and did I mention it's exiting?
It was really cool seeing Edith this Tuesday! Wow, I couldn't believe it's been two whole years since we've seen eachother and I guess I've really missed my good friend. We've been able to chat a bit online, but it's really not the same, and it was so good to see her again. Sadly, she got sick and had a fever so again I haven't seen her since Tuesday. However, her plans are to come work with us at Pro Vision for about the same time as I do, and I'm looking forward to it.
As if just working weekdays isn't busy enough, I'm scheduled for all the Saturdays and Sundays with teaching lessons at a couple Sunday Schools in the area! On Saturday mornings I go to a church in Echojoa and teach the Bible lesson at their program. Last week was my first week there and was more of a time to meet the people and see what their program looks like. In two days, however, I get to teach the main Bible lesson... from scratch! Dude, there's no theme or anything! Well, tomorrow I plan to quite thoroughly plan for the lesson, and I'm hoping to incorporate an object lesson and some other things to keep the kids' interest. Tonight I'm going to ask God to help me, and I guess we'll see how it goes.
Sunday evening I'm going to be teaching the whole Sunday School at German's church in Huatabampo. (German is one of the paid staffers here at ProVis, pronounce Herman) Haha! I did the object lesson / science experiment last week, and apart from saying almost absolutely nothing because my spanish is so rusty, it went great! I totally got the kids laughing with some slapstick. Spanish, on the other hand, has been quite the challenge for me this trip. Man alive! I'm not sure if it was good for me to take the 2nd year spanish in class or not? Well, I'm sure it was, but maybe it's just taking its time coming together. I'm certainly not fluent yet, and I've been quite shy in Spanish so far, but hopefully it'll improve... Maybe even before Saturday? Haha! Crazy, but worth it.
Ok, but the biggest news from Pro-Vision is that we finally have WATER! Can you believe it??? And right before camp! No, there are wells on the property, but the city decided that this little towny thingy that we're in called La Rosita is finally deserving a connection to the city's water! They've been installing a pipe out here recently, and a few days ago they called the towns folk saying, come get your water! The people came to our house and said they are ready for us to come talk about water, so we all hopped in the van and drove into town! Wooohooo! After paying for the right to have the connection and installing pipes and stuff and after the guys working on the city's side of the pipe fixed the leaks, just yesterday the water started flowing! It is so awesome! Now we won't have to have water delivered here! Last evening we so had to celebrate our water that we washed off the patio! How fun! And today even with the washer machine going and showers and various sink usage, the tanks filled up! This is so awesome! Wow, and while we were in the van with the ladies of the town, Kristi mentioned that D and K have been waiting 4 years for this moment, and one of the ladies said she's been waiting 50 years. Wow! But it's finally here! And just in time for camp!
Well, thats all the news I can think of off hand, omitting all the boring details. I suppose I could write more, but this is a long post hehe! Hope to write another update, maybe even sooner than 10 days hehe! Thanks for keeping me and D and K in your prayers!
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