Wednesdays Wonders

After a good nights sleep despite the rain pounding down outside our host families houses and a wet walk to our meeting place, we gathered to pray and start our day. We feel as though our morning teaching has been going really well.We feel as though the students have warmed up to us. We have been having some really neat discussions with our students at our tables. These discussions can be varied about things in their lives or the topics we are teaching about. We are feeling our way into being more bold about our faith with the students and sharing about God in the work place. After our morning teaching time, our groups went with two guys from Vancouver Island, Adam and Phillip (Jen Eadie's second cousin)for a tour of Medellin via the Metro. We took the cable car ride, which is quite similar to taking the gondola in Revelstoke. It was such a contrast seeing the different lives that people in this city lead. We got to see some of the poorest of the poor, The imagery that was right before our eyes was shocking; shanty's, cardboard huts, as well as Colombian highrise apartments, and at the top of the gondola on the way down were some very classy looking individual dwellings. It seems so surreal that some can live in such fancy accomodation while others struggle to find something to cover their heads. We got to experience another wonderful homemade Colombian lunch, made by some ladies from the church. You should see the size of the avocados!!! (4 of ours would fit into one of theirs!) The same girls, minus Amanda, went back to the Orphanage (about a 15 min. taxi ride) for a second time. They took a suitcase full of clothes, shoes, candies and stickers for the children. The children were grateful for the company, as starving as they were for attention. The children had their homework, and some got to practice their Spanish while helping them with their English. The childrens ages were 2-17 years old. Sara Cardona (18 years of age whom we have been working with the last few years we have been here and who is one of our translators) has been accepted to the partner camp of SunnyBrae, Qwanoes, on Vancouver Island. ANSWERED PRAYER: We are thankful for our team bonding. We had a really great team discussion about how people are feeling this morning and how we need to continue to put God first during our time here, despite how busy we can become. We are all healthy. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for Nicole's knee as it is bothering her. Melissa, also a Colombian girl who is one of our translators, and has also applied for the same camp as Sarah has an interview for the camp tomorrow. Please pray for her as she interviews. Good weather, it makes a difference for how many students come out to our evening English classes. Please pray for God's direction in partnering with the Orphanage in the future. *****Written by Brenda and Amanda**********