I'm absolutely hank marvin!

Well, even though I'm actually more tired than yesterday, and didn't get in any earlier than the past two days, I promised I would write an update. Yesterday we started out our morning by heading to the train station to catch the train to York. It was our big touring day. We went to see the minster, the richard III museum, prisons and executioners room and several other places. I'll post some pictures here soon so you can see what we have been up to. Clay, Matt, the pastor and another church member went to Jorvik, a re-made viking town to see how the vikings used to live. That may have been my favorite thing. We also found out our ancestors could very well have originally been from yorkshire. That was cool. I also found out a cockney thing to do is rhyme a word when you actually mean another word. For example, if you wanted to say, I'm absolutely starving, you would say, I'm absolutely Hank Marvin. It was fascinating. After York, we went to the pastor's house to have supper and then to the church for prayer meeting.

If there was one thing that has possibly impacted me the most about this trip is that this church prays a lot...together....consistently. It's beautiful. Their prayers are so sincere. I truly hope our group picks that up and brings it back so that our church can start praying together. I've loved our prayer times.

Today was the first day we worked with the kids. It was great! We got to the church early to help set up and have our own devotional time as a team. Then we ate lunch and rested for just a bit until the kids came. We had a small pet farm! I was in charge of the animals. It was so much fun to play with the kids. Inside they did various sorts of crafts. Apparently, including the parents, they had over 150 people. That's a lot more than they normally have. With so many kids, you know there will be chaos. I saw a few tense moments, but all was resolved properly. The good part is many of the families said they'd be coming back later in the week for the other activities. Even the adults said they'd be coming for the grown up activities. Please please be in prayer for this. Especially pray for tomorrow night. They will be having a men's night. In this area, just like all over the world really, the men are the toughest to reach. Pray God will break hearts so these men can learn how to be true men of God! Tonight Clay taught at the youth night. He spoke about Isaiah and his calling. He really did a great job. I heard several of the kids talking to him about how good it was and how much they enjoyed it. Tonight I think I laughed harder than I've laughed in a long long time. It was awesome.

I'm really excited to see how God is going to continue to work. He has already answered some of our prayers. So KEEP PRAYING. If you're not sure if you'll remember to pray when you go to bed, then pray right now or set an alarm on your phone reminding you to pray for us! It really is that important.

Until next time
cheers
Melissa