June 24

June 24, 2012

Today we went to church with our hosts.  The church was held in a building downtown that was large enough for 500 people and they do 4 or 5 services on Sunday.  The worship was very contemporary.  The sermon and all else was in Spanish, obviously, so understanding was a bit difficult but it was an eye opener for our team to worship with Christians from a completely different background.  Afterward we went home and changed into casual clothes and headed off for Trigo y Miel to do some video and (really this time) final good byes with Pastor Victor and Lety and then we headed off to lunch.  The restaurant was an open air buffet of probably over one hundred different Mexican dishes.

Most of our team experienced upset stomachs from the different foods and drinks we had while we’ve been here.  Nothing that couldn’t be endured, and certainly not enough to keep us from enjoying most everything there was to try.  After lunch we headed downtown for some final shopping.  The downtown indoor market was very crowded, smelly and a bit overwhelming (fried crickets, anyone?).  This adventure was cut short however because as we exited the market a thunderstorm began to crash and w all got soaked- so back to the base for the evening. 

Once we changed and got dry we spent a good evening of worship and talking about missions work and our return home.  We were asked some really insightful questions and we thought hard about our time here and what it will mean when we return to our “normal” lives.

Off to bed and and up at 4:00am.  We will see you all in Portland this evening.