Day 5 - Ellison and Anna!

We all woke up around 8 am and made our way down for breakfast that was beautifully made by Gracie and Aaron. They both woke up early to chef up breakfast for us and they made avocado toast as well as eggs and a LOT of fruit which really fuels us through our day. After breakfast we all hopped in the big van and drove to Brisas Proclama, a church that is about 20 minutes from Kefalé. 



When we arrived we were greeted with joyful smiles and laughter, we then proceeded to pass out toothpaste and than we all intermingled and sat together to hear a short message from Blake! 



 Blake shared his story and why we are all here and how we are here to serve. after that we all went outside and played soccer, tag, baseball (with a stick and rock) as well as whatever games we could make up with our few words of Spanish we all knew. After running around in the rocky courtyard with all the children of the neighborhood for hours in the hot sun we then ate a delicious rice, beans, and chicken for lunch as well as coke and ice. The ice was sooo good as that is not common here to have ice.



After lunch we hung out with the kids for a little while longer. We continued to play games with them and just love on them as much as possible. With heavy hearts we left the kids and continued the rest of our day. Pastor Tito surprised us by stopping on the way home and getting popsicles for us. We came back to the church and rested for a little while. At around 4 o’clock we began to rehearse for worship on Sunday. We practiced the songs “living hope” “house of the lord” and “what a beautiful name.” Next we headed out to the park where we would be eating dinner. We hung out there for a while, walking around petting dogs and having an overall good time. We ate some delicious empanadas and the girls rode the bus home, while the boys walked. We came back had debrief and went to bed.

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