Day 3

We left the house around 8 this morning and arrived shortly at Carol Cosby's house. She jumped in and we flew over to the Seminary. From our arrival until noon, we played many games with the children. I tried to teach them "gato-gato-perro" (duck dck goose). I think they understood the concept, but you can never be sure because they nod an agreement either way lol. The women that are in charge of the kid's camp, Rosi y Osney, brough supplies for the kids to make "perritos" (little dogs made out of foam).
A little before lunch, a young man came and sat near us, watching the kids... or something... and we went to talk to him. His name is Gilberto, and he is a student at the Seminary school. He knew a little English, so we were able to have a pretty decent bilingual conversation, each of us stumbling a little bit. He asked me, "What you think about God?" I realized, this is a very broad question, and so I just went with what I was feeling. I told him, in English, that the Christians of my country often times only go to church for maybe two hours and then leave and forget everything. In Venezuela, church lasts all day. It is a place where people have true fellowship with God, where they love each other and themselves, where they serve others with whatever they have. He said he believes God to be "great, amazing, wonderful." In life, he says, there are many hard things to go through, but with God, all things are possible.
Around noon, we said goodbye to Gilberto and went to lunch at el Obclisco hotel, along with Samuel y Carol. This is the hotel that the missionaries used to stay in before the mission house was erected. There, we all had fine meals and even had amazing ice cream for dessert.
After lunch, we took the kids to a park; I would say it is alike Montasia, without the putt putt. There were paddle boats and rowboats in the water, a lot of playgrounds, an old-school jungle gym, and a petting zoo, but there were also pretty good size statues of random kid's characters such as Scooby Doo and Tom and Jerry. We had a lot of fun talking to the kids, but also talking to Osney y Rosali. Osney told me that she teaches 5th grade. She came to know the lord through Rosali, as she was Rosali's son's teacher. I thought it was really amazing how the connections are the same as in the US. We are missionaries where ever we are. You don't have to travel hundreds of miles to talk of Jesus. There are people everywhere that don't walk in the light.
On our way home, Samuel took us to the most amazing panoramic view of the city. The view stretched as far as the eye can see from left to right. It reminded me of God's amazing power in creating such a beautiful world.
We rejoined the Mt. Pisgah team and had pollo con arroz para la cena with a lot of fruit as well. PhanieRah led the devotion tonight after dinner. It was a different style than the Mt. Pisgah team is used to, I believe, but I love to hear what every person is thinking and feeling during the trip. It is a blessing to others to see growth through Jesus in a person.
Samuel got more calls from people who needed his help, so we accompanied him to Rosali's house to pick up his computer charger that he forgot at Seminary and also to the church to drive Pastor Alexander y otras personas a sus casas. We packed 8 people into a 4-seater car... Venezuelan style.
Kevin helped us work on the Chinese take out baskets for the Seminary dinner on Friday, so now they are almost ready, but we have to leave in less than 7 hours so we need sleep lol.