Breakfast. Work 7:30 – 11:30. Hole. “Sam, go find Zach. Take his place, and send him down here. He appreciates Spanish!” xD But when the Honduran men arrived they sent Rachel and I off. Cleaning up trash burn pile. Timothy Green narration. ;) 11:30 shower. 12:00 – 12:45 washing clothes in sink. Tail end of lunch. Missed announcements. First group went to school without me. I went with second group. Lilia and Jeffery ran right up and jumped in my arms. X) Rob introduced stomp. 5 guys. Cydney talked about beauty. Something else. Then hokey pokey and chicken dance. Then prayer and farewell. Some rode back with us. Lilia showed me she lives in the green house. Working on testimony stomp intro in girls house (around 12:45 Meghan told me to do that instead of a longer message, because Pastor Brian was taking the keynote). Millie worked on intro for Simply Free. Dinner. Sat with Kaitlin and Amanda. They said I’m REALLY good with the children and that all my Spanish practice has paid off. “You can communicate!” After dinner I worked on my intro more, then we piled into the truck and drove to the next village. 15 min drive? 10? Some children, too. Alejando (spelling?). That boy is very patient! I’ve asked him his name so many times. This time he mentioned he should write it for me. And he was so patient in helping me understand – to some extent – what he was saying in Spanish. When we arrived, there was music and worship for about an hour. Afterward Carolina wrote out her full name for me. xD And Megan took a picture of us.
[Insert picture here if I ever get around to getting it from Megan]
The Hondurans gave a service, but I wasn’t paying attention. I was mentally practicing my message. I changed some, put more heart in it, and focused on remembering my transitions. But I am writing too many details. It was my first time giving a message. Some comments afterwards –
Esther: You made me cry!
Taylor: You have such an evangelical anointing.
Me: Oh! Teaching and evangelical?
Taylor: Anything with speaking, really. You’re such a good communicator!
Emily: (in Spanish) You gave me goose bumps!
And Millie did amazing introducing Simply Free, too. That was before stomp. And we had the best translator. I introduced myself in Spanish – talking about how WA is cold and CA is hot and I like Honduras. Megan said it was completely understandable. My grammar wasn’t all technically correct, but completely functional.
Anyway, comments were afterwards. Next was Pastor Brian keynote. Then worship. Recibe toda.
Then, running high fives with niña. Then everyone started dancing. SO AMAZING. Lasted long time. Drenched in sweat. GOOD NIGHT! x) Back home, this and that, ready for bed, talk with Rachel y Taylor. Writing this. Now 11:50 PM.
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