Saturday, February 25th

Day two is over, and what a day it was. We were able to sleep in and boy it was needed. The day started around 10am with the surprise that Matt had been talking about since we arrived. Anxiously awaiting the arrival of the surprise, we were over-joyed to see the gate begin to open at the front of the seminary. Our elated spirit was short lived as we saw a truckload of concrete blocks round the corner. We worked extremely well together as a team, especially with the leadership of John and Stacy. We relaxed after unloading the entire truck of 1000 blocks and enjoyed a lunch prepared by Chef Stacy, Chef Pam, and Chef Kim. During this time at the seminary, Pam led our daily devotional. The theme of the devotional was that our relationship with God is the most meaningful relationship and the only one that will last for eternity. Also, Pam discussed that we should not only thank God, but praise him for who he is and what he provides for us, from the largest aspects of life to the most minute details. The books of the Bible that we pulled scripture from for todays devotion were: Matthew 22: 37-38; 1^st John 4:19; and John 15: 9-15.

After lunch, we drove into town to do some shopping and went to do outreach in a small area outside of Barquisimeto. The area we went to has a newly established church that meets on a small plot of land. They have only been in existence for 15 days, yet nearly 200 Venezuelans packed the “church”. It was a very passionate service that was inspirational to each of us. Sam was able to participate in the worship service by using his excellent drumming skills. Music truly is the international language. After the service, we were invited to dinner at one of the local houses. We were very thankful for the meal seeing as it was already 9:00pm. We then headed back to the seminary to take showers and head to bed to prepare for our early morning church services tomorrow.

Goodnight!

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