Day one we set up tents, load cars, drive to Ensenada. Things are more relaxed than usual, but people complain and for some reason this really bothers me. Night service moves me, I feel called to work with orphans and street kids around the world, not just in one place. This frustrates me because I just got used to the idea of settling down, but excites me. I feel that for this next year, I should start raising funds for different organizations. (more on that later)
Day two is church, Joe preaches a simple overview of the gospel, worship in Spanish, heart sings. Then VBS starts: drama is more fun this year than ever before. David Laguna does funny voices in Spanish while our non-Spanish speakers mouth words. I find out I'm in charge of level three VBS (10 years and up). Am frustrated by the lack of connection and the lack of challenge to the students through crafts, half my class leaves before we finish, and I didn't really teach anything (it's hard enough for me just to figure out the craft).
Evening: Speaker at chapel continues to talk about our "big story" in Christ and how we are made for so much more than just living normal life. How we are made in the image of God.
Day three, Monday, I got to talk to my buddy Luis (he's from Ensenada) over breakfast. He wants to be a missionary, and so I'm trying to help him find an organization to work with...the only organization in the US/Mexico that I know of who cares about people without degrees is YWAM. Hmm...I think Gospel for Asia needs to expand its ministry...(or we need to do more intentional discipleship and missions training programs that are accessible to more people) I decided to throw out the crafts and buy some notebooks and ask piercing questions and turn the level three into a discussion style youth group, played some games and discussed. It was pretty cool, but once again the guys were leaving when things got serious.
Monday night we did a service with our local pastors at our camp...heard testimony from a cool pastor from Ensenada, very joyful and amusing to listen to...he'd been a politician but God closed some doors and felt called to the church. Was really cool to worship alongside our partner churches in English and Spanish.
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