Last day at Chicholom VBS

Thursday woke with promise. A fresh rain the night before had washed the dust off, cleaned the smokey haze and generally revitalized a tired and sleepy country side (and team). We had a lot of fun in the morning with a market activity where they were given a Spanish shopping list and a a variety of activities to do, 100 Quetzals (about 12 dollars) a camera to record the activities and 90 minutes. Teams of 5 went scurrying through the mass of people and little vendors looking for things that (with their limited Spanish) most had no idea what it was they were looking for. One team took more than 30 minutes trying to explain that they wanted a barbershop not scissors.










Julie and I were nearby just in case someone needed something.






It is amazing what you can find if you look in the right place.










Tallying up the points for price and size of items.










In the afternoon we went back to Chicholom to play with the kids. Sam explained salvation and gave an invitation. Many responded with a beaming pastor watching and taking notes on who to follow up with. We were a little worried about the commitment level with such a mass response but Les reminded us that it will be an opening for the local pastor to visit the family and open a dialogue with them also.

















It is amazing to me how quickly you get to see mud brick and thatched roofs as normal.




In the evening devotional the hosts had a cake for Mackenzie's birthday. Karren could not help but play an old but good trick on her. It was worth it, at least to me, as the cake (the part without her nose print in it) was very good.






Tomorrow starts a new phase of our stay here as we go back to building on a work site and visiting sponser children.