What a Difference 2 Days Makes!

I honestly don't even know how to recap the last two days. Let me just say that God is moving in mighty ways here in India. I will answer a couple of questions first. 1. Nobody has been very sick...sure a couple of upset stomachs here and there, but nothing major. 2. Everybody is leaning into God and making the most of the trip, so be proud of whoever you are reading this blog for.

Now for the update!
Wednesday: The day started with VBS again, where we got to play with the kids more and teach them about Jesus more. Alex Sloan emceed the morning, and did an amazing job. We had some amazing dramas provided by Whitney, Charlie, and Bridget and played Duck, Duck, Goose with 300 kids at the same time. We did have a bit of extra time at the end of the first session, so Jen Boza and Chris Yang stepped up to share their testimony with the kids. Their eyes and ears were glued on them two! It was amazing watching God work through the testimonies to put some of the kids in tears.
Then, that night, we got to hold a ceremony for two beautiful women that have been freed from slavery as prostitutes. It was an absolutely heart breaking night. God is totally a God of redemption and he has fully redeemed these women to being beautiful women of Christ. Kristi Calderon and Alissa Byrne shared their testimonies with the women, Bridget Garrison, Lisa Shewfelt, and Dave Sloan all shared words of encouragement, and Larry Shewfelt and Charlie Garrison prayed over them. Before it was all said and done, pretty much the whole team got to pray with them or share an encouragement with them. God is so good.
Today: It was our last day of VBS and man it was amazing. Our children's team (Bridget, Lyndsay, Alissa, Bart, Kristi, Janette, and Dave) did such a great job over the last 3 days. Jon Crabtree emceed the morning, and we ended the 3 days of VBS with a march through a local village with about 700 kids, many of which were shouting "Yesu Nennu Pray Mechu Chunadu!", or Jesus Loves You! It was amazing! I think the most heartbreaking thing about VBS is that most of these kids are orphans and they get so attached, so fast...honestly, so did we. There was many tears shed as we were leaving.
Thank you for your prayers and support! We love you! See you soon.