Spending Time with Girls

Last night Amy and I had the girl's night that we had been talking about doing for a while. We saw this as a great opportunity to spend time with the a few, particular young girls between 11-13. They are beginning to think on their own, yet they are still very teachable. Here is a picture of the group of girls. Here are two pictures of us. The first one: Veronica, Gemina, Micaela, Ayalen, Me, Nyer, and Camila on below. The other picture is of Amy and I. Amy thought that only one or two would come, but it turned out really nice. We ordered pizza and watched "Nacho Libre." I was told it is very funny, but it kind of lost its funniness for me because it was dubbed over in Spanish with English subtitles. After the movie, I got a chance to explain to the girls why I am here and my testimony. It was a great opportunity, and they seemed interested. Afterwards, we just hung out, laughed, played silly middle school games (HUH-for those of you who are familiar), and showed the girls that we really wanted to get to know them. Some of them begged us for another night like this to spend time together! The girls left around 11:30pm, early for many of them. Afterward, Amy and I talked about how we can further reach these girls whose parents often discourage them to participate in anything related to the Gospel. Please pray for the many opportunities that might come from this. We hope to do several more of these nights and ask other older Christian girls in the church to share their testimony each time, however we don't have that many.

Last night, two of the girls (sisters) who live down the street begged to come over today. This is a picture of Ayalen (12), Me, and Nyer (10). The older sister, Ayalen has some tests next week, so we told them to come over with some homework and I would help them. Faithfully, they came over around 3:30pm and worked on homework and simple math flash cards - it is an interesting experience tutoring someone in Biology in Spanish! We had a blast, and she seems ready. I promised the girls when we were finished we would play a game and listen to their favorite music - High School Musical soundtrack. We played "Guess Who?" and "Life" while listening to High School Musical. It's so funny when they don't speak English, but they sing the songs in English! They don't know what the words mean nor do they know how to say them, but they sure can sing the tune. We played for several hours and just had a great time. I see this as a wonderful door to building stronger relationships with them and showing them the way that the Gospel changes lives.

So, along with doing the book table out in the park this morning, that was the day. Oh... here are some pictures of the view from Amy's bedroom of the other day when there was snow on the mountain. It was really beautiful.













Last, but not least, the missionary, Don Donell, hard at work at the book table this morning.We work very hard here in Latin America ;).

I would love to hear from you all. Hope you enjoy the pictures.
-kristen