Today dawned way too early. After only four and a half hours of sleep, Austin and I walked over to the meeting area to join our teams. The plan for the morning was to complete the quest with our teams before 10AM. There were several stations where we needed to complete tasks before getting a clue about the next station. The was a lot of running and fun. The students seemed to really enjoy everything we did, with one exception. At one of the stations, we had to crawl through a tunnel with some very stinky substances. It was all food products or soap but it made for a nasty combination. And after, we had to rub all our exposed skin with very smelly mud. In the end, my team finished second. But it wasn't about the speed we finished the tasks. The important part was getting people to work together as a team.
The rest of the day was different than normal. Everyone needed some time to relax before the lessons and lecture. After lunch, we met for a 2-hour English lesson. People were obviously tired so I had to break up the lesson a little with an activity.
The lecture went very well. Rich spoke to the students. They were mostly attentive and seemed to respond well to what he said. He used a booklet about the four spiritual laws to guide the lecture. In discussion afterwards, it was obvious in some groups who had been impacted the most.
Following discussion and dinner, we all went down to the beach for a fire and food. Someone brought a guitar and we had some good (and some scary) renditions of popular songs. The beach was a great time to just relax and talk. I was able to teach a few students some things about photography. We watched the stars and even saw a few meteors. Standing by the sea, when the waves came in, we could see bio - luminescent organisms. When they were jostled by the waves or stopped on the sand, they would light up like a firefly. They looked like tiny shrimp but I'm not sure exactly what it was.
Overall, it was a very good day. Several others in the group have gotten to talk to students about different spiritual matters. We have a list of 6 or 7 people that seem to be very close to a decision for God. Please keep praying for them. Max, today, will invite them to Liberty church for Sunday's service. Hopefully we will see a lot of them there.
The rest of the day was different than normal. Everyone needed some time to relax before the lessons and lecture. After lunch, we met for a 2-hour English lesson. People were obviously tired so I had to break up the lesson a little with an activity.
The lecture went very well. Rich spoke to the students. They were mostly attentive and seemed to respond well to what he said. He used a booklet about the four spiritual laws to guide the lecture. In discussion afterwards, it was obvious in some groups who had been impacted the most.
Following discussion and dinner, we all went down to the beach for a fire and food. Someone brought a guitar and we had some good (and some scary) renditions of popular songs. The beach was a great time to just relax and talk. I was able to teach a few students some things about photography. We watched the stars and even saw a few meteors. Standing by the sea, when the waves came in, we could see bio - luminescent organisms. When they were jostled by the waves or stopped on the sand, they would light up like a firefly. They looked like tiny shrimp but I'm not sure exactly what it was.
Overall, it was a very good day. Several others in the group have gotten to talk to students about different spiritual matters. We have a list of 6 or 7 people that seem to be very close to a decision for God. Please keep praying for them. Max, today, will invite them to Liberty church for Sunday's service. Hopefully we will see a lot of them there.
P.S. I've attached a picture of the outside of our main meeting place. It is literally a bar in the resort town. The owner's three kids sat in on Austin's class today.
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