Calm Before the Storm

So that title may be a little bit misleading...  I'm writing this right after lunch before we go to VBS.  We're all relaxing and resting after our morning at the Cuzco market and downtown church.  At the market we spread out and invited people to come see our 'production' that we put on as a conversation starter.  A few, well a lot actually, sang the song "Prince of Peace" and then we acted out the tale of the Good Samaritan from Luke.  Afterwards, Lauren gave an explanation of what the parable meant and how it relates to our lives and the lives of others around us.  We then broke back up into groups and asked those around us what they thought about what we had done and if they had anything that we could pray about for them.  My group went back further into the market and talked to one of the ladies at her stall.  She really enjoyed the music and and the skit that we performed.  After talking with her and praying for her family, I'm so grateful that we have our translators with us as well as others who know more Spanish than I do!  I keep getting the little Italian, Greek, and Spanish mixed up in head so much that I don't know what language will come out of my mouth sometimes!
After the market place, we went farther into Cuzco and went to the church that the High Schoolers went to when they were here.  A few of us sang a set of worship songs, in English of course, and joined with the church's worship band for a song.  Mrs. Brantley was kind enough to record of our songs and we've posted it to YouTube and we'll include the link here later when it finishes processing.

Sunday Morning Worship

Elizabeth also shared her testimony about what she's learned in our short time here, and it was wonderful. We listened to the sermon in both Spanish and English about being on guard about false prophets, and participated in the service along side our Peruvian brothers and sisters.
We came back to our hostel and had another fantastic meal just before Mr. Bailey finally showed up after his marathon travel experience.  We're about to load back into the buses and travel across the valley to the smiling faces of all the children at VBS.  After yesterday, I don't know if I'll be able to go through another four days!  They have so much energy and are so happy to see us!  That's all for now, someone will be back to tonight to talk about our time in downtown Cuzco at the main square.

Patrick Devore