Day 6 - June 25

Wednesday, June 25

At Reina de la Paz this morning, we began by singing some of the songs that we had been singing at San Ricardo all week. We weren’t sure if the girls would enjoy the singing, but they really got into it! We even sang them the song “This is the Day” in English, and then a few of the interns who speak Spanish sang it to them in Spanish. It was a lot of fun.

Then we split the girls up into groups as usual, but we had a little bit less time than the other days because we had to leave early for lunch. While the girls were in their groups, they made bracelets, played games, and participated in a Bible study. We also had each girl write down some personal information about her and her baby and we took pictures of each of them with their babies. We will then take the pictures and information and make them available to our Sunrise family so that we can pray for each of these girls – not only as a group, but as individuals. We also took time to pray with each girl and her baby, which was very meaningful for them and for us. And since we weren’t able to pray in Spanish, the translators had to translate our prayers, which was a good way for those translators who may not be believers to be introduced to the idea of prayer.

We were sad to leave Reina early, but we had a shortened schedule all day today. We ate lunch at a restaurant called Granja Azul, which means Blue Farm. The food was so delicious and we really enjoyed the quiet atmosphere and the opportunity to fellowship with each other.

After lunch, we headed to San Ricardo for a shortened afternoon of VBS. Thankfully the kids seemed more attentive than yesterday, and the shortened schedule seemed to work well. We opened with singing again and another “Act” of our skit. Today, Maggie and Evan (who represents Jesus) come in to find Michelle and Paul still stuck to the chair (sin). Watch the video clip to see what happens!

The kids enjoyed making butterflies, which represented the fact that we become a new creation after we accept Jesus as our Savior. All week we’ve been using one color each day to represent the Gospel story. Saturday was yellow to represent heaven, the place that Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us. Monday was black, and that represented the color of our hearts because of sin. Tuesday was red, the color of Jesus’ blood when he died to take away our sins. And today was white because that’s the color of our heart once Jesus has washed it clean. Tomorrow the color will be green and we will be making a story wheel with the kids which will include information about what we taught the last few days.

We left San Ricardo and headed to the market for some shopping. We only had an hour, so we had to shop quickly. Our translators were a great help to us as we haggled prices, and it was very entertaining to watch Jeremy (last year’s trip coordinator), who loves to haggle! After going to the market, we went to eat dinner and very much enjoyed the opportunity to fellowship with each other again. We’re beginning to feel like a family.

This has been such an amazing experience so far, and it’s hard to believe that we’ve been here 5 days and will only be here for 2 more. We have really enjoyed spending time with our translators and interns and getting to know them better. They are a fun group of people, and a mixture of believers and unbelievers. We have spent so much time with them over the last few days that it feels as if we’ve known each other all along and are part of the same family.

Thank you again for your prayers! We can see that they are making a difference!




















Julie, our trip coordinator
















Paul and Kelli (one of our interns) getting the teens at San Ricardo to do a rap to help them remember the memory verse!