Hey Everyone,
So today was a pretty amazing day. The day started off like usual, all three groups split up and did their own ministry groups. The only problem was Daena was sick and had to stay home. Group 1 once again taught English in the morning. Today the English class was especially full, there was around 19 students for the 9 teachers. The room was really small and was especially tight. I had to teach a spanish student that barely knew any English; he didn't know the Alphabet and couldn't even count to 20. Group 2 spent the morning at the construction site once again. Group 2 has been making amazing time in transporting from location to location. This morning they made it from Tarrytown to Rockaway beach in an hour and seventeen minutes which is actually quite a miracle. Group 3 was a little bit scattered today, couple members of our group joined group 2 for construction and a couple helped the English class cause they were short because of Daena being sick. The rest of us handed out flyers for the English classes. The only real advertising Urban Impact gets to do is when we go around from business to business handing out flyers and signing people up. Its been really neat to see how Urban Impact is influencing the area through something as simple as teaching English.
This afternoon was a much different afternoon. Pastor Boto gave us a tour of both the Sikh Temple and a Hindu Temple were we learned they have 330,000,000 idols. Pastor Boto did an amazing job of explaining what these cultures believe and developing in us a heart for those who don't know Him. He basically started preaching to our group in both of the Temples but did it in a way that was very unoffensive to those who were at the Temple. After we finished the tour of the Hindu Temple we finished off with a session of praise and worship singing "How Great is our God". It was really cool to see how bold Pastor Boto is in his faith and isn't scared to share and praise the Lord no matter where he is.
We had the evening off today. We had some excellent discussion on the days events and addressed any questions that people had. After that we had some praise and worship and after we had a foot washing ceremony where we spent time praying for everyone in the group. It was an amazing time to encourage one another in the struggles that we are going through.
Its been an amazing trip so far and please continue to pray for us. We are battling a lot of sickness in our group. A lot of people have sore throats and even had to make a trip to the hospital for Nikki cause she was having trouble breathing. It's all good now but we were pretty nervous last night.
Thanks for your prayers,
Scott, Gerco
