Hello Everyone!

This is Kate just saying hi from Platanillo, were today we had sunday church and our first VBS. Both of which, Chirst presented himself in small and big ways. We kicked off church with some dancing and music, followed by Marlin's touching sermon about how love is everything (Psalm 63) and if you don't have love, you don't have anything. (Thankfully Jessica was there to translate the whole thing for us..) After the sermon, they played Revelation Song in spanish, which was a blessing because we could sing along in english! Then along came the VBS, which Morgan, Bobby, and I lead today about the Good Samaritan. We began the VBS with reading the story in spanish performed with a puppet show! It got lots of laughs! Next we began activities, which included a coloring books and beaded prayer bracelets. Some of the hits were the help your "Vecino" or Neighbor which was lead by Justin and I, where kids paired up, blindfolded, and sent to find the tags. Another was Kasey and Corries game, where you passed yarn around, into pretty designs. ( See pictures above (: )  But a favorite of all was the hand banner, where everyone had the opportunity to put their hand print on the banner and then deorate it. The banner will be hung in their church for everyone to see. The moment that affected me the most today was when a woman hugged me and said "Thank you for your love." Hearing her say that after Marlin sermon about love, I knew God had brought us here for a purpose (obviously.. He always has a purpose for us...) but that the purpsose was for us to show how to truly love your neighbor but also how to love God. So today all kinda came into play, from Marlins sermon, to our VBS scheme, to my own personal experince, everything revolves around love, but most of all Gods love.  

PS: Morgan says hi to her family!!!
Have a super awesome blessed day!
Love, Kate and everyone else!