Hello everyone! It’s Corinne again. It’s midnight right now and I’ve never been so tired in my life! I’ve got to do this blog though…

These past two days have just been too great to not write about as soon as possible. On Friday we traveled to Posoltega. This town had been put through a lot of tragedy. Ten years ago, a nearby volcano erupted and left many people devastated with the loss of family and friends. These people were really hurting. The awesome part of this day was that we teamed up with the mayor of the city. He is a great man of God and it was awesome to see how much he cared about his community and the people in it.

In the morning we went to a school assembly. The kids really enjoyed our dramas and skits. At first, when we introduced the altar call, the response was not too great…but we all kept praying really hard and all it took was one child to step up and then we were praying for practically the whole student body! It was so amazing to see what a little faith and the power of prayer can do. The devil tried so hard to discourage us but he was absolutely not successful.

After that assembly God blessed us with a huge down poor! Now, you might think this would be a bad thing…but it felt so good! We all ran out into the rain and ran around and danced. We got drenched and it was awesome! We then traveled to the mayor’s office to eat lunch with him and some local pastors. As usual, rice beans and chicken was our food of choice and it was muy delicioso.

Following lunch was another school assembly. This one was outside…without a roof over our heads. And guess what?! God blessed us with more rain! We had to walk a good ways to the school from where our bus could park, but it was a great walk. The road was muddy and we had to cross what we thought (at the time) was a river. Once again, we embraced the mud and enjoyed ourselves the whole way.

At the school we got to do stomp and our other dramas in the rain. It was so sweet. The altar call went amazingly and once again God showed us how powerful he is. We prayed with almost all the kids. Many shared personal problems in their lives with us and many accepted Christ. God is so good.

We headed back to the mayor’s office for dinner and some good fellowship there. After that was the community rally, talk about some powerful stuff! We came to this huge field full of tents and a big stage. Once again, the rain poured down. The whole team is really starting to believe that is God’s way of giving us all assurance and his approval. Despite the precipitation, we continued with the program. We performed stomp, jump, heart skit, healer, and everything. Every single drama went perfect and the crowd responded amazingly to the altar call. He really kept his anointing on us that whole day.

Today was another blessed day. We finally got the chance to sleep in a little (YES!). After our much needed night of rest, we traveled to the market to do some SHOPPING. Oh yeah! It was a little bit crowded and a tad overwhelming…but of course we had so much fun. The exchange rate between Cordoba’s and our American money confused me a little bit…but hey, we can’t all be good at math! We all bought our souvenirs and many of you can probably expect some gifts coming your way.

After our little shopping spree we went to the (drum roll please) ORPHANAGE! YAAAY! We were all so excited and impatient to get there. During our time there we pulled out the chicken and clown suits, the bubbles, and the piñata! Not only did the kids have the time of their lives, but we did too. Sadly, after about three hours there… it was time to say our final goodbyes to all of them. It was very, very, very, hard. We all got so close we the little kiddos and formed relationships that I know none of us will ever forget. Just being able to spend time and play with them was a precious gift from God.

We reluctantly left the orphanage and headed over to the tent church that we went to on Wednesday. We did a youth service there. Pastor Jeff and his translator had us all laughing our heads off. He did a great sermon and we also got to do some of our dramas. At the end we got the opportunity to prayer with many of the teens. Their willingness to let us pray with them and their passion for God was really inspiring. We chowed down on some pizza and then came back to camp. On another sad note, we had to say good bye to our Ohio team friends. It will be really rough waking up tomorrow and not having them here. It was awesome to see our teams mesh together and bond this week. We’re all praying for safe travels and God’s blessings on them as they return home.

Our time here is coming to a close…but, we aren’t done quite yet. We still have two days left and I know God has a lot more in store for us. Keep praying and we will see all your wonderful faces bright and early on Wednesday!

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