In Progress...

So... day two was really interesting. It didn't start as I had expected it to. The weather was great, and everyone had caught up on the sleep the so desperately needed, and I was really excited to get out and do some ministry amongst the people of CR. My friend who works with SCORE was supposed to meet us on the bus, but he didn't show! Oh well... no biggie, I had an idea of what we were supposed to be doing for village work. We drove for over a half hour (and still didn't make it out of the capitol) and ended up higher in the hills in an area that reminded me of the slums of northern Mexico. I was getting excited about all of it... we were finally here and finally going to be getting to meet some people. But little did we know that all we would be doing was sorting recycling out of garbage and cleaning. Honestly, I was disappointed. I was hoping for more. But God was only setting the stage for us to come back to that community later in the day and get into the schools to work with 3 (or 4, I'm not really sure how many showed up) of the grades and do songs, skits, music and some speaking with them.

My attitude in the morning got me thinking. Did I think I was too good for helping that community with their garbage? Did I not think that this was still missions work reaching out to them? Well, obviously I didn't. I'm so selfish and prideful, and God knew what kinds of things I need to break me of that. I look forward to those kinds of stretching challenges God has in store for me this week.

In our group devos we are working through Philippians and have talked about our need to endure the circumstances of life for the Glory of God, and tonight we dealt with the need for unity to actually live worthy of God's calling in our lives to Christlikeness. I'm excited for our group and what we are going to learn in Philippians.

You can pray for our group too. There is some homesickness, as well as some of our team not feeling well. We are praying for our bus driver William (Gillarmo) and his salvation, the seeds that were planted and watered at the school we were at today, positive communication amongst our team, postivie/christlike attitudes... we have a long list.

Because of the weather patterns, (sun in the morning/rain all afternoon and night) we are splitting our free day in half. Tomorrow we are visiting a big tourist trap in the area... a volcano. We will get to go to the top and walk the rim. Pretty exciting.

I've seen that many new people are visiting the blog, and we thank you for following our progress and praying for us!

Sorry I have only gotten one video up. I haven't had time to edit very much, and I have had a really difficult time uploading anything. So, maybe it will just be pictures and written updates.

Josh

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