Friends of Santa Gertrudis

After church, we played some soccer with our old and new friends. 

Yesterday we visited a community named El Cipres. We met many families and heard their stories. 

Abby enjoyed playing with her new friends at VBS.

We were invited by the youth from our host church to be part of their Bible study. Jacob spoke on how important the Bible should be for Christians. 

Today we continued with food distribution in el Ciprés. These wonderful ladies guided us in the village.

Gabe, Kate and Jordan enjoyed playing head, shoulders, knees, and toes with their new friends. 

We had the opportunity to bless leaders and Pastors from three churches with some Bibles, Bibles of study, concordances, etc. 

We hope these resources can be a blessing to keep sharing the gospel in those communities.

We don't get tired of playing soccer with youth from Getsemani Church. This time we went to a synthetic turf field. 

We had an amazing time. 

Today, some of us went on an early morning walk. Back at home, we met Cesar, who's from Santa Gertrudis, and we decided to spend some time with his father, Mr. Augusto.

This is the time of strong relationships we treasure. Thank you, God!

This lady's name is "Pan quemado" (Burnt bread).

Today's our last day in Santa Gertrudis, and we finished the distribution of 30 grocery bags from El Ciprés, a nearby village. We pray these bags be a blessing and comfort to families in need. 

We also pray they can learn they're not alone. There's a local church to look after them, but most importantly, there's a living God holding their lives together.

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them inthe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18‭-‬20 ESV

We're proud to announce that on our last day of VBS, we had 220 kids! We're moved by how God has helped us to make this possible through the local pastors from three different communities: Santa Gertrudis, El Ciprés y La Brea.

On a side note, is that a PPM record for the largest attendance at a VBS? 🤔

We had a blast playing with our friends on our last day of VBS. 

Can you picture playing games with 220 kids? 😅

Getsemaní Church thanked us for the ministries we performed this week. They had musical presentations and some gifts as a token of appreciation.

We'll continue praying for them when we go back home, and we wish this ministry can keep drawing the locals to Jesus' feet.

Name a better duo than Jacob and Beto, our bus driver.