East Hill Church Team

10/18/12

The day started out just as we had hoped; food prep, laundry, teeth cleaning, painting and yard work. Not complaining, just saying. Working together as a team is such a joy and blessing that any chore we are assigned is welcomed with a glad heart.

Each day as our eyes and hearts are opened to see, hear and feel what the Lord has planned brings a deeper understanding of the purpose of our being.

The children have taught us how simple it really is to be in relationship with the Lord and to be thankful for all He has given us.

The activities today with the kids were star bingo and creating a sun using paper plates, crayons and a balloon. Lots of laughter and smiling faces soon followed. Kite flying and basketball rounded out the day. Oh, did I forget to mention visiting the snack shack!! Yum

                                                                                                          Steve Yung

 10/19/12

Today after breakfast we went to Puebla.  On the way to the city center we made a pit stop at Starbucks & Burger King.  Susan got stopped by security in Starbucks for taking pictures, which is an no no.  They dropped us at the center of city.  Those who had not been to Puebla before toured the cathedral, the rest of the team stayed in the town square.  Then we walked to the market area.  We saw beautiful architecture and fountains along the way.  We then went shopping at the market for an hour.  Then we walked to lunch downtown.   The lunch was wonderful.  On the menu there were fried grasshoppers, earthworms, and ant eggs with assorted sauces.  None us selected those particular items.  Hot sauce was more popular.  After lunch we piled back in the van and drove back to the EV.

As we drove in through the gate the children were all playing in the field.  Upon seeing us arrive back to EV they ran to the tent area expecting our time with them doing activities.  We sang the song we have been teaching them all week.  We are all singing quite beautifully now (all in Spanish).  Then we read about Day 5 of creation and the creation of animals.  Everyone got to mold an animal out of clay, and then we all tried our hand a origami animals (ha ha).  The origami fish was a success but the rest of the animals were a bit in question.  But the kids all still had lots of fun.

After dinner we had our boys teen night.  We watched the same movie that the girls got to see.  After the movie, they talked about the stars and constellations.  The clouds were too thick to see any constellations tonight.  The moon did pop out for just a few minutes and they were able to view a handful of stars.  That did not dampen their spirits at all.  Then for fun we pulled out the cookie makings.  The boys loved making their own cookies.  They were having a hard time waiting for the cookies to cool.  They licked all spoons and bowls, no dishwashing necessary.  That is how we wound up the evening.

We met in the evening to plan for the next day.  Tomorrow is game day!!