I've kept in touch with many people from Ecuador and I'm really missing them.
And I sent in my application for Panama next summer. I honestly did not think about going to Panama until I was actually in Ecuador. We'll see what God has planned for this next year - I was planning on heading to nursing school in May, but I think I'll now be looking at schools that start in the fall.
But, without further a-do - Ministry Day 2:
We started out the day by going to a park. It was a beautiful day and the park was close to our hotel. Our translators directed us to a central plaza and we gathered by a large cross. I know Lorena told us the story about why the cross was there, but I can't remember it.
We finished up everyone's makeup for the drama and then broke into small groups to walk around and invite people to come to our drama.
We did a little "Cha Cha Slide" to attract people.
And we also took some time to take pictures with Britt Nicole (singer/songwriter) and her friend Gabby, who had joined our team for the day.
We performed the drama twice and in between presentations, we talked with people and played with little kids. So many people were open to hearing the Gospel.
I played with this sweet little boy, Jean Pierre, while Gabby talked to and prayed for his mom with one of our translators
Team 4 showed up at the same park just before we started our second performance and so once we were done, they took over.
We headed to an orphanage in Quito for the afternoon. On the bus, we took up a donation and stopped to buy some food for the orphanage.
I left my camera on the bus for the afternoon - I wanted to just be able to love on the kids and not be preoccupied by taking pictures.
When we first walked in, I found a little girl standing by a wall. I crouched down to talk to her, but she was very shy. She had a sifter toy and she would cover her face with it and we played a modified version of "peek-a-boo." She sat on my lap during the drama and stayed with me the whole afternoon until after their meal. She was getting really tired. I set her down for a little bit and I never saw her after that - I think she went up to take a nap.
I'm so thankful that a few of my wonderful teammates got some pictures of this sweet little girl so I can always remember her :)
via Kathleen Hartsfield
It was hard to leave the orphanage. Everyone just wanted to keep loving on and holding the kids. I wished that we could go back the next day - but there were other kids in other parts of the city that needed to hear about God's love for them and that needed our attention.
More to come soon!
Amy Lynn
