Sunday- from Bethany

      "Imagine going to church on a Sunday morning in the back of a pick up truck while having to duck branches. You're going down a hill then you hear music. You don't know what the singers are saying, but you know it's meaningful by the way they are singing. Then you pull up to a little concrete block with a giant square hole. No door. Just air. Thats where the music is coming from.
       I had no clue what they were saying. I had no clue who they were. They had no clue who I was. We were complete strangers. They speak spanish, and I speak English. How could i understand them or them me? In that situation, I just put my trust in music. Everyone singing and clapping. The lady in front of me had a tambourine, and she just chimed in with the band. I knew they were saying something really important when my translator would throw his head back and shout the lyrics. Although I had no idea what they were saying or what they thought about me, I knew we were alike when we were with God. All around me, I felt and saw how much they believed He was there.
       Sometimes I have doubts that God is there. Don't we all? I live somewhere where things are easy. Where I don't fear for my life everyday. They live in a house of fear everyday, yet here they are... singing and shouting out to someone they couldn't see. Then we went to Sunday school.
       I have never seen my mother that passionate in my whole life. By the end, I was in tears along with two girls. We had only talked about Feeding The 5000. A story I've heard 5000 times. Why hadn't I cried about it before? Maybe it was because I hadn't realized how it affected people today. I don't know. The girl who I saw crying first was a beautiful girl named Rebekah. I will never forget her... God has surprised me with tears that day. God has surprised me with a lot on this mission trip."
-Bethany




(The rest is from me-Lydia)
Yesterday was a huge day for me. Not only did I get to see my family members touch lives, but I got to hear my little sister ask not to leave one of the orphanages. Today we began building a house and tomorrow we get to finish it! Please keep us in your prayers!