June 26 "Legacy"

I really can't keep the days straight. It's almost JULY! Crazy stuff.

So today at Hawthorn (where the Bus is) I got to meet with some of the kids outside and just chat with them for a while. Apparently one of them was at the church two years ago and had to be escorted out. Sometimes Welsh boys can get a bit rowdy. But I told him that he should come back this year...if only to be thrown out again. And I got to give my testimony during lunch!

But after the Bus I came back and might have fallen asleep for a while. Probably. But then I got to work with Becca at the Kids Club in Rhyd! She met us at the church and we all (leaders and six little girls) headed off to yet another park with far superior playground equipment. Americans with their safety concerns...

At the playground, in the midst of all of the fun, I ran into one of the boys from school. We got to talking and he introduced me to some of his friends. It was cool. Often you do something at a place with people and it doesn't really connect that you are in effect reaching the community as well. He basically followed me around the entire time I was there! He shared his candy, told me everything about everything and even kept asking me whose story (testimony) he would get to hear tomorrow. He and his friend even followed us almost all of the way back to the minibus on their bikes. I'm hoping later in the week to get them interested in coming the the after event and even the Holiday club. Ultimately I need to be able to point them to a Christian support system that will be able to encourage them. I won't be here for very long. I want to give people the truth and to get them connected to these churches so that they can keep being ministered to. Pray that such places would be open to them and that their minds would be open to such places.

After that Becca and I got dropped off at Claire's to work on some stuff for Friday Night Kids Club in Caer. I came up with a new and improved method to make a fishing net...and then almost lost my mind trying to tie all of the knots. Eventually I just kind of gave up and watched rugby. Lions for the win! Shut out the Rebels. Can't wait until Test #2 on Saturday.

Rabbit Trail! --- I was able to have a conversation with several guys today about the Lions while I was at Hawthorn! So for those of you who have been reading this and saying "We sent him over there to watch rugby?!" Yes...yes you did. And it is opening doors for conversation. So there... Just kidding. I don't think that any of you are like that. Y'all are my friends.

Pray for me. As I near the halfway point I am starting to think more and more about what I want to try and leave behind when I go back home. There are so many good things that I have been blessed to have been involved in, but I want to contribute as much as I can to these churches and these people as possible. I am not sure what my lasting contributions will be, maybe I won't even be able to say by the end of the trip. Still, I know that God is in the work that I am doing and in knowing that, I know that He will change this place and these people for His glory.