MI Team on a Monday

Good news – the team was all looking healthy and chipper today – and ready for action!  Today we headed over to the community centre with the team for a time of devotions and prayer.  Then we jumped right in to getting things set up for the kids’ club.

The kids’ club started today with a bang.  Marta did an excellent job organizing everybody.  There were almost 50 kids there today, but we expect to see more as word spreads.  Then again, these things are impossible to predict!

The team spent the afternoon cleaning up after the club and preparing for the evening’s English class and activities later in the week.  Oh, and of course the stopped for tacos in there somewhere.

The English class tonight…. well, it didn’t happen!  After several announcements and 600 flyers, no one came – another demonstration of just how unpredictable events can be here.

However, we do have some strategies to try to get more people out for the next English class on Wednesday!

So in the space of the English class we spent some time talking about Canadian and Mexican culture, which hopefully was useful.  It was something we were planning to do today or tomorrow anyway.

Not too much was done on construction today – we spent the day waiting for material to arrive, although John went with some men on a hardware store run to get some things that will be needed later.

The good news is that people spent time together, and friendships are being formed, and the team is doing a great job.

Here are a few random pictures for you:

A Pastor eating "Pastor Pizza" (no, really)

John with the family that made the Pastor Pizza

One of the teams at the Kids’ Club

Activities at the Kids’ Club

Kids enjoying hot dogs (and a serious discussion) at the kids’ club