We just love the way the Mexicans work with balloons! We organised for the lady who does all the balloons from the La Loma church to help us out and what a fantastic job she did! There were over 400 balloons in each arch!
There were also 3 mean looking cacti! Thanks to a guy who has a bus we were able to take the columns and the cacti out to church so this fellow met us at the top of the stairs as we went in!
We all got dressed up for the occasion. Tabitha and I waved the Mexican flag with our traditional outfits and Andrew joined the guys on the team and donned his kilt.
We weren't the only ones to dress up. This is our fine looking missionary family and there were many others with fantastic costumes. It was all very festive.
At one point the music took a definite shift in direction. Suddenly we heard a lone piper play the classic hymn "Amazing Grace". The crowd gathered around and our group showed the Mexicans a couple of traditional Scottish dances. Then it was their turn to stand back as the music returned to what it had been and a group of Mexicans did one of their traditional dances.
Finally there was some singing which was all very nice but just check out this pose. Now that's singing with passion! A classic Mariachi singer with a fantastic set of lungs!
It was a late night for Tabitha but we had a great time and with the great turnout we're hopeful that many more will be interested in what the seminary has to offer. We so desperately need to have people not just come to know Christ but to be trained to be able to spread the word further. Praise God for the influence the seminary is having in the lives of the street kids. Alex and Paty along with another member of the Santa Monica church who has attended the Proyecto MEFI prayer meetings since they started study there all day Saturday in order to be better equipped for the ministry. Our desire is that one day one of more of the kids themselves will be able to attend the seminary and join the Proyecto MEFI team.
There were also 3 mean looking cacti! Thanks to a guy who has a bus we were able to take the columns and the cacti out to church so this fellow met us at the top of the stairs as we went in!
We all got dressed up for the occasion. Tabitha and I waved the Mexican flag with our traditional outfits and Andrew joined the guys on the team and donned his kilt.
We weren't the only ones to dress up. This is our fine looking missionary family and there were many others with fantastic costumes. It was all very festive.
At one point the music took a definite shift in direction. Suddenly we heard a lone piper play the classic hymn "Amazing Grace". The crowd gathered around and our group showed the Mexicans a couple of traditional Scottish dances. Then it was their turn to stand back as the music returned to what it had been and a group of Mexicans did one of their traditional dances.
Finally there was some singing which was all very nice but just check out this pose. Now that's singing with passion! A classic Mariachi singer with a fantastic set of lungs!
It was a late night for Tabitha but we had a great time and with the great turnout we're hopeful that many more will be interested in what the seminary has to offer. We so desperately need to have people not just come to know Christ but to be trained to be able to spread the word further. Praise God for the influence the seminary is having in the lives of the street kids. Alex and Paty along with another member of the Santa Monica church who has attended the Proyecto MEFI prayer meetings since they started study there all day Saturday in order to be better equipped for the ministry. Our desire is that one day one of more of the kids themselves will be able to attend the seminary and join the Proyecto MEFI team.
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