November 3rd

Today, we split up again into two groups. We all went to outreaches, but in different places. For us, the first thing that happened is that we realized our speaker hadn’t charged last night, so we had no speaker to do worship, and just enough battery to do the drama. It was a bit frustrating. Today wasn’t as organized as the other days, but it still went pretty smoothly. We did two outreaches and at both we did a bit of worship, and then a drama and two testimonies. It was fun. We spent time at an open-air market with a bunch of children and played with them. Sadly, our little buddy (the speaker) died right in the middle of our Fix You drama, but we made it through and it went well. Jared and a couple other people thought that it was better without the music. At about 12:30ish, both groups got together and ate lunch. Then a group of 10 people went up a mountain (hiking) to reach a small church up there whose pastor walks the path every single day and is 73 years old. I found that pretty impressive. The rest of us went to the police station and did a small outreach which turned into a huge outreach. We had dinner for the officers and their families and a bunch of children who showed up for the dinner. It was funny. We had at least 50 kids, if not more and then the families of the officers. We did two dramas and Travis gave his testimony and Greg spoke to the adults. The children however, got to play with bubbles and color and make bracelets. Everything was cheerful and upbeat. Jared pretty much led everything with the help of Greg. It has been awesome to see him step up as a leader for our group as well as Travis and Chris S. Each of them are stretching themselves….Travis by getting up and speaking and by Chris doing devotions last night. I love watching people grow in their walk and in their gifts. I’ve also had the pleasure of watching Nate administrate roles and jobs in the outreaches, and I truly think that he has the gift of administration. No matter what happened, I felt and feel like things run smoothly and without too many disagreements when he leads, because we all look at him and respect him, first off, and he’s the established leader and he does a good job at it. I don’t know how else to explain it.