INNFA.... crazy 3 year olds that vomit!

All week we have been working at INNFA, which is a ¨daycare¨ program for less fortunate kids that can´t afford to pay to go to a school. We have been working with 2-3 year olds... it´s very trying. We have been teaching them songs. We taught them Jesus loves me in Spanish, and it took 3 days, and they still don´t have it all the way. After the song, Corey asked them who loved them, and one of the kids yelled out... YOU! And Corey was like... yes, but from the song. The kids are finally getting that Jesus loves them. We are going to do a puppet show, and hopefully make balloon animals on Friday to teach them about creation and how God created everything and all of the animals. I have never working with kids before really... to actually teach them anything, so it´s pretty difficult.

Also, we are preparing a puppet program for the children in the church on Sunday. We are doing something having to do with obeying their parents because it´s fathers day on Sunday. Also, today we went to one of the schools and make some balloon animals for the kids, and we told them about a program we are going to have on Saturday to teach the kids and families about Jesus in another neighborhood here.

Yesterday, we were talking to Alaberto and Lucy, the pastors here, and they were telling us about the problems with corruption on the island, and how the church is growing, and they hope to have an effect on the entire island, including the politics, because the politicians right now are very corrupt and pocket a lot of the money. It is great to see the effect they are having on the island already, and it will be cool to hear about the effects that will happen in the future as the church grows. Right now almost 10% of the island comes to the church!

Yesterday, after we went to INNFA, we had a tourist day. We went to the Galapaguera, which is where they have the huge tortoises. It is a national part reserve to keep them from dying off. We saw tortoises that were 2 months old up to 100 years old! They we went to a beautiful beach on the other side of the island, and got to see a lot of blue-footed boobies. Then we went to see a lake inside a volcano (junco), and then we went up on top of a mountain to see the view of the island. There is a man from the church who drives a taxi, so we spent the day with him as he took is around to see everything. I am loving the Galapagos, not necessarily loving working with kids all the time, but I know we are making some sort of a difference in their lives! Thanks for praying. We will be leaving the Galapagos on Monday, so pray for safe travels, and we are returning to the states on Wednesday! Thanks.