It's Day Two!

Happy Father's Day to all our Fathers out there!

Yesterday was quite the experience as we had many adventures in both the park where we will be doing ministry and at the festival.

When we went the park, there were no neighborhood kids around, so as some of us played in the water fountains, about half of the group was able to go around the neighborhood with Joe. He served as a great translator and we were able to invite somewhere around 30 kids to the park for our ministry on Monday and Tuesday. We also prayed around the park in groups and wrote with sidewalk chalk all the details of our coming ministry.

Then it was on to the Puerto Rican Festival where the students all had the chance to buy "authentic" food! Many interesting faces came from the new tastes! (Although at least one group all had hotdogs!!) To the families of Ben Crompton and Ben Boverhof... you are now proud owners of fish as both of the boys won them at a game yesterday!! Congratulations!!

Some of the kids enjoyed going on rides, while others loved the shopping. There was lots of music and new experiences for everyone!

Today started off with church at Grace and Peace (the church we are working with here) which was of course a service for and about fathers. Then we were able to hang out at the "church" (it is held in a local school) with the people who attend and meet up with old friends from our past years here.

We also had a tour of ICI (Inner City Impact) where John Coleman will be a missionary this fall. It is in the same neighborhood which we are working in, so it was great to learn about some other ministries which happen year round here!

Later today we'll be going back to the park to clean it up, as long as the rain holds off! Otherwise, we're having a more laid back night tonight to prepare for our full day of ministry tomorrow!

Again, we want to wish a Happy Father's Day to our dads and thank them for all they do for us! You're all awesome :-)

Until next time...

Sam and Rachel