Hello everyone! Austin and I went into La Cieba today and got a mobile Internet stick, which makes it much easier to post blogs. We got to get a lot of groceries like peanut butter, jelly, bread, and pasta noodles and sauce which will be the content of many of our meals due to lack of cooking skills. Yesterday was our first day out on the sites. Austin went to the Kinder and I went to a church about a 15-minute bike ride away. We held two 3 hour-long sessions that were similar to a VBS. The kids are out of school until February so we hold sessions where we play games and do some reading activities. We held one in the morning for some of the older 8-10 children and the afternoon session was for the younger 5-7 age kids. I got to see 3 kids that were in the Kinder last year while I was down here: Angel, Jose David and Edith (the girl in my Facebook profile picture). I don’t think they remembered me and don’t know the Spanish to ask if they did, but it was still awesome to see them again. They were 3 of the most memorable kids from last year and I was very thankful that out of all the children in El Porviner, God brought them to our program. God is ever present in the beautiful nature, friendly people, and English speakers when we need them most. Buying a phone today would not have been possible without a nice man, who just so happened to be in the same store, who knew enough English to translate between us and the salesperson. Most of the transition getting used to the environment change is completed and I enjoying the life here. The lack of Spanish can be an inconvenient barrier but can also lead to a funny experience. A friend of some of the volunteer, Jose, was trying to teach Austin and I a new card game and we had to communicate using body language until we got someone to translate. Tomorrow I will be going back to the church for the VBS activity, what we call VAP, please pray for my spanish skills and that I can an instrument for God's will in this place.
Benjamin Worley
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