Title: Is this really ministry?
Body: This is the thought going through all of our heads as we stuff ministry tracks, toys and candy in to balloons and launching them off the boat to kids on the shore. Many of the villages know the Amazon Outreach boat and run to greet us. We fill a balloon with goodies and tie it then stuff it in to another balloon and fill it will water or air to help give it weight and let it float. It is one of those moments when you say, "I am having way too much fun to be suffering for Christ."
Body: This is the thought going through all of our heads as we stuff ministry tracks, toys and candy in to balloons and launching them off the boat to kids on the shore. Many of the villages know the Amazon Outreach boat and run to greet us. We fill a balloon with goodies and tie it then stuff it in to another balloon and fill it will water or air to help give it weight and let it float. It is one of those moments when you say, "I am having way too much fun to be suffering for Christ."
We slept in this morning and had a nice leisurely breakfast at 8:30. It was optional but almost everyone made it. When you are waking up at 6:30AM every morning, it is tough to sleep in, even if you stayed up till 2AM the night before.
We spent some time in the word this morning as Maddy led us in a devotional. We went through some logistics and then launched some more balloons. Ayana lost a farkle and had to try to eat 24 starbursts in 2 minutes. We appreciated her effort but we are pretty sure it is impossible.
We are meeting at 4PM this afternoon to talk about a book called "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan. It is a great book that we gave everyone the morning we left. It is a book on spiritual life and how we can avoid complacency in our relationship with God. After that, I am sure that we will be going late in to the night again enjoying the relationship we have formed.
I spent 3 of my summers in college working for Pine Cove camps in East Texas. My experience is a big part of what has shaped me and my heart for college students. Their motto for their college staff is "work em hard, play em hard". It is the same motto that we are celebrating right now. We are relishing this time right now where we are not having to change our shirts 3 times a day because of how much we would sweat. The cooks actually made us a treat of French fries today for lunch and are planning pizza for dinner (most of our meals consist of noodles or rice with some sort of stew to drip over it). Brazilians do put ketchup on their pizza so we are hoping that we get that on the side.
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