August 16th - Our Last Sunday

The pastor from town (Guaimaca) began the church service today by asking "What is a saint (or holy person)?" as Peter instructs us to do in 1 Peter 1:15. No one answered him, so he went on to talk about how he posed this question to a bunch of children. The answers he got were:

• A saint was someone who didn´t sin.
• A sant was a statue made out of wood, plastic, or plaster.

But it was the 3rd child´s response that intrigued him, who said, "A saint (or holy person) is like a person who is made of glass." The pastor wasn´t sure what the child meant, so he prompted the child to describe what he meant. The small child went on to say that he had been in churches with stained glass windows of saints and saw how the light came in through the window to illuminate the room with many colors. So to the child, a saint (or holy person) was someone who shines with the light of God. What a response!!! The message was of the Good Samaritan.

After church we invited Andrés to lunch. The Andrés I´m refering to is a child at Emmanuel who I met last year who is the same age as MY Andrés! We went to the restaurant at Emmanuel and Elvia cooked for us. Afterwards, Jen & I took a bunch of the paletas (Mexican suckers) to the little boys house to hand out. We got some pictures with a few of the boys and headed to supper to get a bunch of pictures of the girls.