Day 8: Good to the last drop

Since I stayed up late last night, I decided to get up early this morning and go for a run. It was raining. I love running in the rain (apart from having wet socks, there are few things in the world that make me sad in the way that wet socks make me sad). Running in the rain - in a way akin to trail running - takes me back to the root of why I started running in the first place: it's fun.

Speaking of fun, we went to Casa Hogar today and sang and danced and played with kids. Cuteness overload. Such much. And yes, I am talking about how cute it is when I dance (...the spanish word you're looking for is mentira). This was the first time IGC (Iglesia Gran Comisión) has worked with Casa Hogar and they're hoping to have future opportunities to do so. I don't know why - I guarantee it's not due to our great holiness - but God's been good about timing our being here with the start of things. After dancing, we painted stars and an ark and a desert and heaven in the kids' room. We got paint all over ourselves (and when i say "ourselves," i do mean "each other"). My shirt has handprints and hearts and streaks and smiley faces all over it (vandalism!)...it's beautiful.

"We had our spaceship. but then it left." said Cammy

"My grandmother is my second favorite person, after Jesus." said Kaylen

"The old man dabbled in the dark arts of the calculus." said Craig

"I want to say a sentence of my favorite book." said Monica

"Aha! You've become self aware!" said Sheryl

"No, don't poke 'em in the panza!" said Sam
 
Tonight the church had a concert/rally at the hotel that they meet in on Sundays. The worship band dressed up super swanky and did an amazing job rocking out. A guy connected to the church shared some amazing and intense stories about his life and encouraged everyone not to waste their time and go all-in for following God. Afterwards, Mallory and Kelsie led one of our new friends through the gospel and she gave her life to Jesus! So, that as just really amazing. God showing off and reminding us that evangelism does happen in seasons, but he moves beyond that and we should always be ready (2 Timothy 4:2)

Currently, as the quote stream above might imply, we're exhausted and saying weird things in the hotel lobby as we hang out; trying to squeeze the last few drops out of our tiempo here. I'm gonna go party with my people. Have a great morning!