We could to the home site where we've worked the last three days (yeah, a house in three days!) Then we take a bit of a break and a cultural excursion and go to downtown Ensenada and do a little looking around and some shopping for vanilla, Mexican blankets and woven bracelets, Day of the Dead figurines and a hammock chair. It's a little bit jarring to go from a needy neighborhood to the main strip of a cruise ship town. Perhaps it's preparing for home.
It's all nicely tempered, however, by lunch with the children and one last really good play, practicing and shooting the big lipdub finale for the week in a matter of hours, prayers for Alexis who the NBYG has long supported and who will be leaving the home soon. We gave Alexis a Spanish/English Bible. It was a gift he requested and we all signed it and then filled it with notes about our favorite Bible story. Skid charged us to pray for Alexis at 10:10 each day as a reminder of John 10:10.
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
And then we went up the hill to the back of the City of Children to worship in song and then build an altar, not by piling stones on top of each other but by piling up stories. In just a few words, one story after the other, offering up a memory about the week, from "Throne of Lies" to "wonderful surprise;" "Cheetos" to "best brownies;""Chosen, Holy, Dearly Loved," to "Karla's smile." Go ahead. Ask your teen about these stories and their own.
Then, if we hadn't already had a good cry with the return of Joe and then the possible departure of Alexis, it's off to the mediano boys and girls dorm to say our good-byes, tuck them in and give them a hug.
Of course, there's nothing like a little physical labor to check the day's emotions. And so, we begin our various clean up assignments to prepare the City for the next team that will tomorrow evening. It's a whirlwind of chair stacking and floor mopping and skit prop organizing and suitcase packing.
That's right family and friends and Church family, we're coming home.
Experiencing Ensenada
The Young Men Host the Young Ladies for Lunch
American and Mexican Girls Work Together to Create Pieces for their Bedroom Decor
The resources for the project were provided by all those who made the Summer Dance a success -- organizers Daisy and Megan and participants.
The Teen Girls Dorm Transformed Thanks to the Bedding and Decorative Frames Provided by the Summer Dance
Here's a Video Telling the Summer Dance Story....
John 10:10 - Pray for Alexis
A local artist and friend of Nancy and Sam Bagwell crafted a cross of exotic wood for every child at the City of Children. Our team put the crosses on a chord and then distributed them to the children.
Lipdub Practice
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