Forehead to Forehead

Felicidades Madres!
We woke up early today to head down to La Amistad to work on getting everything ready for the Mother's Day program that started at 10. Since it's been raining for the past two days and shows no sign of letting up, we walked down the roads that we felt were the least steep so that slipping and sliding were kept to a minimum. We helped put up some decorations and then helped in the kitchen. The guy from Germany who's helping out at the school as well was put in charge of making Spaghetti. The director, Profe Manuel and another teacher Carlos came in and we all just hung out and chilled for a hile while chopping carrots and onions and cooking the meat. After a while, all the mom's starting showing up. Right before the program started, the Director and Carlos called me over to the stage and asked if I could pray to open the program. I was like uhh...in English? Ha, they were like, well nobody here really speaks English so how about Spanish? My gut was saying no but I knew that was just my insecurity of looking like a fool in front of a bunch of people. One of the main things I learned last year from being here was that when we are most vulnerable and likely to make a fool of yourself, that is when the Lord can truly use us because we've taken our own strength out of the equation and we have to rely fully on God. So, I told them of course I would :). It really was such an honor to get to do that and that they would even ask me. God is so good.
The program was great. Some students danced, some did a skit and others recited poems. All the kids had made crafts in their classes this week so they all got to give the finished products to their moms. The moms left soon after and we took all the teachers in the dining hall where there was a big ballon arch and decorations to continue the celebration. We served them the Spaghetti with Soda and it was delicious! Afterwards, the dancing started. Spenc and I of course felt right at home on the dance floor. One of the lady teachers/moms grabbed Spenc and whirled him around a time or two. We had a blast.
As soon as we got home, lunch was ready. We all ate together and I stole away for a siesta. The rest of the afternoon was pretty chill. I practiced guitar for a while and got to talk to my bro via MagicJack and tried to no avail to reach my parents. Where you at!? ha, I love you both! Spenc got to talk to his momma too. Oh MagicJack, what would we do without you? Don Omar is back at the house from his visit to Leon! We were all outside to welcome him back and of course the boys on the street came over. I played a couple of rounds of Uno with them after Spenc had worn them out playing soccer. Dona Fide even came out and sat on the porch with us and played a few rounds. I think tomorrow we are going to have a short little Bible study with them. Pray it goes well!
For dinner we all pretty much made our own creations and enjoyed each other's company. And now, it's about that time for my head to hit the pillow...entonces, que Dios les bendiga!

God is good!

M.