Two days and three nights

As 51 kids from Casa de Paz filed in to the Matthew Training Center, they were brimming with excitement. With their bags piled by the entrance, immediately, a football game was started in the field across from the dorms, and kids crowded around the canteen. They ran around with candy, most of which were covered with chili, and we were tricked into trying some by Victor, one of our Mexican teammates.

Once everyone was settled in their dorm rooms, with 5-6 kids in a room, along with an ACTION team member plus another leader from the church, the real fun began! We started worship, and it didn’t take very long for the kids to warm up to us. Praising and dancing in the presence of God has a way of bringing people together, even if they don’t speak the same language. As the kids sang ‘How great is our God’ in Spanish, and our team members sang it in English out in the field; one thing that was truly evident was how great our God really is, and how much He loves all His children.

The global church of Christ is beautiful, and we got to experience what it’s like to let loose, and be children in the presence of God. For me, being around the kids was a good reminder of this. The way that kids so easily and simply form friendships with us, and trust us enough to let us spin them in the air without dropping them always amazes me. It’s a good reminder to know that God won’t let go of my hand, even when the world around me is spinning. 

After an awesome three days with the kids, filled with completely silly dancing, worshipping, laughter, water games, throwing each other in the pool, and knocking down the walls of Jericho (story to come soon), our ACTION team formed friendships and amazing memories with those kids that have impacted our lives.

- Meret