Youth Team
During the small group time with the 6th grade girls, it was surprising to discover that they respect their parent's values over their friends in many ways.  They actually were telling us that they wanted to be associated with good people and avoid being influenced by people with bad morals.  We're also seeing that it takes some time culturally for the kids to open up.  The boys seemed to have a different story going on.  These young men were more subject to peer pressure.  In contrast to the girls of the same age, these boys know some of their friends are bad influences (or they are bad influences on others) but somehow don't have the concern we might hope for them.  Our youth team is regrouping to try even harder to reach the kids tomorrow and Thursday.  We could really use any prayers you might be willing to offer.  The team needs to make their plans and would like to have God's leading in this process.

Women

During home visits today the women had a very special encounter with a local woman named Delia.  Delia had spent some years in Greece and was bi-lingual in Spanish and Greek.  She was playing music as the team approached - she said to them that by playing loud worship music, people walking by who don't know the Lord might get to know him.  As the women started to visit it became clear that Delia was an inspiring gift from God.  Delia got the women dancing and singing with her then she spoke to our team powerfully.  It was clear that this woman was endowed with the Holy Spirit.  Even when we went to leave and asked her for what we could pray for her, she flipped it and prayed for us.  To the person, our women's team felt spiritually uplifted, encouraged, and blessed.

Men
Today the men were joined by some locals to help with the latrine digging.  As you can see by the photo, the guys are making incredible progress!  So far one latrine is about to be completed and the other is about half done.  It's been a pretty amazing experience to come with the theme of friendship and to find out that only one person can dig in the hole at a time.  The rest of the crew are making friends with the families waiting their turn!  It's as if we planned it this way.