3 days in...

It's hard to believe that we have only been here for 3 days, it honestly feels as though we hardly left 7 years ago. We've been finding out way around the North Eastern part of the city remembering the streets and motorways, the speed bumps and short cuts.

3 days in and we had our first time back at the church we used to attend and help with. It was so good to see faces of people we loved and worked alongside. We had so many hugs and were given such a welcome. They were so excited to see Tabitha and Oscar again, and to meet Zara. The kids were absolute stars this morning, speaking their bits of Spanish, and making some friends in the Sunday School. They are very determined to learn as much Spanish as they can so that they can communicate better as the days go on.

I've been asked to preach a couple of times while I am here, which I pray of course will give the pastor a little break as well as be a blessing to the church. It was amazing to show Tabitha and Oscar where they went to the Creche, where they used to pop into a little shop beside the church to get bread to eat. They left the service (Which was 2.5 hours long!!!!) really excited about going again.

Then in the afternoon we met up with our Spanish teacher who became such a good friend and has visited us in Scotland and Northern Ireland a couple of times. She's a good English speaker, so the kids were able to relax and speak in English again.

So far we've been able to visit neighbours where we used to live, meet UK OMS missionaries too and tomorrow we are going to introduce the kids to the drop in Centre, which will be our base during the day for the majority of our time here. Do pray for us as we drive down (which will likely take us over an hour in the traffic) and as we help them to see why we came to work with Street Kids in the first place so many years ago.

God bless and thanks for following our escapades.