Day 5---Church and San Ricardo

Feliz dia Papa!! We started out this morning able to sleep in a bit, which was wonderful! We departed for worship services at Alianza Cristiana Misionera at 9:30. The singing and preaching was all in Spanish, we sang one of my favorite worship songs "Here I am to Worship" in Spanish! It really struck me that God's word is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, that His word is the same no matter were you are in the world, no matter what language you are speaking, God does not change!
After church we headed to Pardo's Chicken for lunch. It was very Yummy! Every where that we eat they give us dessert, I think that they are going to have to roll me home! I was hoping to loose weight on this trip, but all of the food is so good!
We were at San Richardo today. Today Kay and I (Bethany) were in Bible, we talked about Jesus being the vine, giving us nourishment to grow. In craft the younger kids made some really cute little vines and the older kids decorated big letters, that were the first letter of their name. The kids are so talented and creative, I love to see their creations!
Then we headed to the hotel for Pizza. It was so nice to stay here and just order pizza (good call Chris!). At devotions Heather led the group. She asked us all to share the one thing that we will always remember about the trip. It was so good to hear what was on every one's heart. For me it was today, a girl named Ingrid stuck to me like glue! She is a sweet girl that is twelve years old. We walked arm in arm everywhere we went, when we were sitting she would lay her head on my shoulder. As she laid her head on my shoulder, I prayed for her. And I really took a minute to drink it all in, God was using my shoulder to be the one to hold this sweet child's head and my arm to put around her to comfort her. I have to praise God for using me in that very small way, it was very humbling. I will never forget her!
On a much lighter note, I have learned a lot of Spanish! And I have learned that some of the things I was saying were not quite right, the first day I kept telling everyone that Brian was my wife. You really have to watch the o and a at the end of words, one is male and one female!
Now I will hand the computer to Abby, she wants to share some of her thoughts!

Hey all! It's Abby! I am having a ton of fun on this mission trip!!! We are very busy though... In the mornings we eat breakfast about 8:00 or 8:30, and then we leave for Reina de la Paz! After Reina we head over to San Ricardo and do VBS with some of the younger kids! I really like both of the orphanages! Reina de la Paz is really fun because you get to see the girls and their kids! The girls are very nice! It's fun to play volleyball and soccer with them too!! At San Ricardo I have tons of "little friends"!! They are so cute!! I think that it is really cool how, the first day that we even stepped foot into San Ricardo the kids just ran over to us and gave us hugs! I wouldn't do that to someone... I mean I wouldn't go up to someone that I didn't know and hug them! It's good that we hug them and spend time with them because that's the language of love, and that's really what those kids need! It's amazing to be here finally!! None of us want to say goodbye! It is so hard for us now even to think about Tuesday when we have to go. I think that we all can wait until Tuesday! I want to thank you all for reading our blog and praying for us! It means a lot to all of us! Thanks so much!!!!!!