So...here's what happened this week!

Usually when our kids go to camp I have a week to myself and Mark gets a little bit of a break as well.  Not this year!!!!  It was one of our busier weeks, doing good things, but, busy.

We had a team from South Korea here this week doing street ministry, children's ministry, and soup run with us.  It was interesting because they didn't speak any Spanish and only a few on the team spoke a little bit of English--so translation was a tad tricky--but, they did wonderful!  They were able to communicate through drama, song, and dance.  They were able to pray with people in their language and bless our base with watching them play with the children.  It's so great to see how God can use different kinds of communication to convey His love!

This week was a busy street ministry week.  Tuesday night we took the Korean team out for soup run and fed over 50 people soup and tortillas.  Mark took a different team from Kansas here working with another ministry out for street evangelism that same night.  Wednesday night we did "Feed the Hungry" at our church for the 3rd and last Wednesday night (for this time anyway) and brought people in from the homeless shelter and streets for dinner at our church.  We fed almost 95 people that night and everyone left with a New Testament as well!  Thursday night we took the Kansas team out for Soup Run and fed about 50 people again.

All of that plus meetings with our YWAM team, a pastor from another city near us, and planning for and organizing Parent's Day at camp for Friday.  This was a busy week! 

One thing I know, as I work with the street people and addicts, I'm so grateful for God's power in the lives of those who are in rehab overcoming their addictions.  It's a long road and they are struggling--please pray for them!  Jaimie is in Teen Challenge. Ana and Miguel are in a rehab affiliated with a church in San Lucas.  Charlie is in Hogar de la Roca.  There are those who are working toward going to rehab: William and Victoria.  Please pray that God helps them to walk in the direction of their freedom.

It's been raining a lot in Antigua and it's been raining hard.  This is a difficult time for those who live on the streets.  We are so grateful that we have been able to visit them more than usual.  We are also glad when we can give them a fresh change of clothes that are dry and clean.  We are hoping to stock up on men's clothing and warmer clothes for them.  Also, it would be a blessing to them to be able to buy plastic tarps for some of them to use.  Please pray that we are able to do that. 

Also, we are praying for several of them who are sick right now--the weather is tough on their bodies.  Dora, Carlos, Chmarco, and Ana have been battling sickness. 

Pray for us as we continue to minister to the needs of the extremely poor and addicted people here in Antigua.