Lantana, canna lillies, geraniums...all of them are plants I had gotten to know at work last summer. But here I was now, working over them in Mexico! In February. This groundskeeping, Lana's and my morning assignment, let us meet all sorts of interesting characters, including several snails and a lizard.
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Our "Temporary Pet" Snail Cleaning Lantana and Bougainvilla A Hiding Lizard
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With the afternoon came the opportunity to go out to the villages on the Child Evangelism outreach program, involving a milk and peanut butter distribution.
Lana and I made our way into a dark blue van with two other team members and two staff teachers to enjoy an "adventurous" ride to a nearby community! Up and down the uneven, hilly dirt streets we drove, past rows of backyards enclosed by carefully-built homemade fences. Little faces sometimes appeared between spaces in the fences as the van drove, dogs running ahead, while a leader invited the kids to class with a megaphone.
To hear a clip of the siren that invited the kids as we drove towards the village, please click "Play."
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This is the church where the class in this village took place.
First came a Sunday School time! After singing songs together, the bigger kids
and the littler kids went to their own sections of the building for lessons.
After lessons, we and the kids played with balloons and bubbles for a few minutes before it was time to line up for the peanutbutter and milk distribution.
Everyone brought a cup or container for milk and a spoon for holding the peanut butter we scooped them.
Lana here was on peanutbutter duty, while I walked the length of the line-up doling out gummy worms.
"And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."
--Jesus
Matthew 10:42 NIV
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