Busy Weekend

We arrived at Iglesia Jerusalen Bautista Saturday morning, and after a good breakfast, met with Pastor Roberto Avilez and Eduardo, the BSU director, to discuss plans for the week. Later we had a few minutes to get settled into our host homes before visiting Collinas del Sur, the mission we will be working with, and coming back to the church for training for the next week of ministry. We were led in team-building activities in order to help us get accustomed to working together as Americans, members of the Jerusalen church, and students with the BSU. It signified the beginning of what we expect to be a great partnership this week.
Sunday we had the morning off because the pastor preaches at another church in the morning; services at Jerusalen are on Sunday evening. We had the opportunity to see the season opening game for the Monarcas, Morelia's soccer team. We also had the unfortunate "privilege" of enduring the USA vs. Mexico game later in the afternoon (but the locals were thrilled!). In the evening service, Debi, Ben, Robin, and Mallory were involved in special music and Conrad preached.
Today will be our first day of clubs; we will be hosting a Bible school partnered with the church leaders at Jerusalen in the mornings and then we will take the same Bible school to Collinas del Sur in the evenings. The church leaders want to split the kids into 5 groups, which has required us to be flexible and to depend on their help; this was one of our major goals for the trip, although we hadn't expected it to come about quite like it has. We are excited about the first day and appreciate your continued prayer.

Pictures:
1. Team building activity with Jerusalen leaders
2. Mallory leading Wordless Book training
3. Monarcas futbol game