Today was the second day of our 10 week VBS.
Let me give you an idea of what it looks like...
- 9:00 am - We leave San Pedro & drive approximately 1 hour to our first village - Lima (It's the larger of the 2 villages we are working in).
- 10:00 am - We gather all the children that want to play & take them out to this large open area to start some "organized" games. (So far, we've played lots of soccer, kickball, jump rope, duck-duck-goose, etc... I think the kids are having fun!)
- 10:00 am - [same time] Jason gathers the adults & starts his lesson in a small building near the edge of the batey, a.k.a sugarcane village. (This process takes about 1 hour. The lessons only last maybe 30 minutes. It just takes a while to gather everyone.)
- 11:00/11:15 am - We take all the children to the lesson, & Jason gives them a shortened version. (The children aren't always the best at listening in this batey (Lima), but they answered the questions well today.)
- 11:45 am - We leave the first batey.
- 12:00 pm - We stop along the side of the road for lunch before we reach batey #2 - Pinones. (We take this time to talk about how things are going & to see if there is anything we want to do differently in the next batey.)
- 12:45 pm - We gather all the children in Pinones that want to play games & hang out. (This village is much smaller, & they aren't as rowdy as the kids in Lima.)
- 12:45 pm - [same time] Jason gathers the adults in this village to give the same lesson. (This process doesn't take as long because there aren't as many people. I think today they had 2 people show up.)
- 1:45 pm - We take all the children to the lesson & Jason gives them a shortened version. (This village listens better. They are actually are kind of shy.)
- 2:30 pm - We head back for San Pedro.
(Kurt) Overall, it's hard to say what has really happened as far as ministry. I think it will take at least a week to see who consistently shows up and to see if we have some good possibilities for discipleship. In Lima we do have one young man named Wander, who is 20, and has been helping us at both villages. He is a Christian and he seems interested at being involved with our ministry. We told him that we have nothing to offer as far as payment, and he continues to come back so this is a good sign. Please pray for Wander and for our team, as we are looking for Dominican leadership (he also speaks Creole fluently which is a plus). Well, I hope everyone is doing well back at home. We miss you all and appreciate your prayers.
Prayer Items:
Ministry team vehicles (they have numerous problems at times)
Dominican leadership
Energy and health for the group
Spanish learning
