Mountain View Visit

We just had 7 people here from the Mountain View Church in Colorado. They spent most of their time in the barrio working with the people. They went on a retreat with about 40 of the leaders from the barrio and had an awesome time. They did some teaching on managing people. The worked with the kids on some bible stories and of course there were lots of games and fun! We had an awesome lunch of Chicken, french fries and soda. I couldn't believe how much some of those kids ate! Afterwards they all went swimming and Roberto, one of the people from Colorado was baptized by Andreas the barrios facilitator. It was an awesome day and everyone had fun.

On Sunday we all went to the church service in the barrio. Although it was a quite warm the attendance was great. There was some worship music played on a keyboard, electric drum set and a couple of vocalists led us all in some great songs. It was all played over loud speakers and since there was no roof on the building the music traveled all over the barrio. Some of the Colorado people had a Sunday school for the kids and showed off some magic tricks and then the kids made a craft to take home with them. In the afternoon they put on a carnival for all the kids in the barrio. There were probably a couple hundred in attendance. We made balloon animals, and swords, did face painting and played some futbol. The president of the barrio came out and thanked everyone for what they were doing and for their continued financial support. It was an awesome day! Thank you Mountain View, you are awesome!

Barrio Youth Dancers