Day 3 (2019) - Buen Pastor

This morning we woke up at 9ish and Emi tried to make us French toast but the stove wouldn’t work (we figured out that we were using the wrong type of pan). So I made 2 pieces of toast and cereal. We left the hostel at 10 and had about an hour drive to Buen Pastor!! On the way, Emi gave the morning devotion :) 

      When we arrived, we were greeted by some of the members. I went on the mission last year, so it was so exciting to see all of the friends that I had made last summer. After we said hello, we heard a devotion from Michelle, a member at Buen Pastor. After her devotion we split into four groups to paint the church. One group painted murals in the Sunday school room, one group sanded in the back, one group sanded and painted a side wall, and my group (Grace, Caroline, and I) sanded the other side wall and painted a Bible verse on it. :) 

          We had lunch around one. We had FRIED CHICKEN & PAPAS FRITAS (French fries)!!!! AND we got COKE! After lunch we finished painting the murals and we played games with the kids outside. When I finished painting and went outside we played monkey in the middle, hide and seek, and tag. 

           For dinner we had a cook out at Juan Carlos’s house behind the church. Mary, Our team host Naomi, and I, went out back and helped flip the ribs on the grill. After a couple of minutes everyone came into the area where we were grilling and we had a dance party. A boy named Angel was playing the music, so he played some of their music for us, and then we played some of our music for them. (Everyone was a little confused when we all busted out singing "dancing queen"). For dinner we had chicken, ribs, sausage, and potato salad. It was so so so goood!! During dinner we shared English and Spanish tongue twisters, which was really funny! After dinner we had to leave, but on the ride home we sang abba songs from Mama Mia. :)

         Con mucho amor,
                 Marymac Krause