We decided to be tourists today! We forgot to ask directions to a church we wanted to attend so we decided not to risk venturing out and instead we stayed in for our own mini-church service. With the travel guitar I bought the other day, we played a few worship songs and Drew led us in a thought about how we can learn from the kids we serve.
Matthew 19:13-15
The Little Children and Jesus
13Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
14Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." 15When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.
After some good African coffee we can then ventured to the market and braved the venders. It was actually really awesome. Drew, Katie, and I had our own little adventure within the market. We spoke Spanish the whole time! This turned out to be an excellent idea and I highly recommend. We spoke in Spanish amongst ourselves then turned to the venders and spoke in broken English.
This was fantastic:
1) the vendors loved how we weren't American
2) They were enthralled by us speaking Spanish and wanted to learn words
3) They gave us cheaper prices than the rest of our group (we had show and tell at the apartment and we got everything at a better price!)
4) No one was pulling at my sleeve, nor did I have everyone at near by stands yelling at me because we spoke in broken English
I've been going through video footage, and the group has been doing work with photos and identifying the children at the Ark.
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