Babahoyo Day 1

Wednesday morning, after only getting 3 hours of sleep, I woke up at 5:30 so I could be ready to go to group prayer and devotions at 6.  After that we had breakfast and loaded up the bus to head to Babahoyo!  It was about an hour and a half ride or so and the bus didn't have AC, but for now it was morning time and it wasn't that big of a deal!  Once we got there, we went straight to the hotel, and Pastor Ashley told me to handle getting the rooms taken care of.  Here's the thing, I do know some Spanish, enough to communicate what I need, but the problem is that when you say a little, anyone would assume that ohh that person knows Spanish.  And so then the fast motion questions start flying.... All along here's me 😨 uhhhhh yo no se what you are saying to me.  Thankfully our translator Miguel was listening in and saved me from complete frustration and utter embarrassment!

After that we went straight to a school where the Peruvian team we are teaming up with was already in the progress of doing a program.  The leader of their group, Edwin, came out and quickly explained a skit to our group and made them jump right in for the second program at that school.  Lets just say we hit the ground running!

Babahoyo is not the safest place in the country, but God miraculously provided for us.  We had four police escorts stay with us all day long!  Never in my life have I had police escort me in country while on a missions trip.... I had a security guard in Haiti, but this was full out police force there solely to watch over and protect us!  It was cool and a little nerve racking at the same time! Lol believe it or not, I really didn't feel anxious about it at all.  I knew we were covered!

After we ended the programs at that it at school, and the students had left, all of the police officers came forward and received Christ as their personal Savior!!! They said the program had effected them so much and they could feel God tugging on their hearts!  It was the coolest things I've seen!  Then they even started helping us talk to the students and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ!  It was just really neat, God is awesome like that!!

Then we went to lunch and had rice and liquified  mashed potatoes, and meat of some kind, I think beef.  It was good but I really couldn't eat that much because by this time it was HOT and HUMID outside and I just wanted to curl up in air conditioning!  Wait a sec maybe the bus ride will give us some relief..... Hahaha just kidding remember no air conditioning??  We were like inside a sauna on that thing!

Anyway, that doesn't matter because live were brought into the Kingdom today!  After lunch, we went to the church we are working with and practiced dramas and tried to mesh up some of our stuff with some of the Peruvians stuff.  It was fun to see all the different things we were bringing to the table.

After that we went to another school which is known to be where some of the toughest kids go to.  We were suppose to do four programs at that one location, but they ran so long we could only do two.  There were a lot of breakthroughs happening in people's lives and it was a great experience.

After that, we went back to the church and had to do drama practice for Heaven's Gates and Hell's flames and eat dinner on the fly!  After all was said and done I got back to the hotel around midnight!  I think I got about 4 hours of sleep last night which is an hour more than the night before so hey that's an improvement!

I will fill you in on the rest in the coming days!  The days are so long and it's hard to right everything at one time.  Keep praying for the team!  Tomorrow is Saturday and we have a huge VBS we are doing and I am teaching the bible lessons and making sure the whole thing runs smoothly!  So sleep would be a wonderful thing, but apparently it's overrated! Lol :)