Day #3 Update [October 15]
/The day for Dave started early again, at 5am. The Pastors began to arrive for a 7am breakfast and fellowship time at the Team Center with the CBSI trainers. The pastors came with their wives and they were enjoying their conversation so much, someone finally realized it was 8:15am and training was scheduled to begin at 8:30am. Dave said they jumped up and headed to New Jerusalem Church. Thankfully, it is not far away from where they were, because they had the Pastor from the church with them, so it couldn’t have started without them. They arrived exactly at 8:30am and participants were still eating the breakfast prepared by the church members, and didn’t even notice as they all trickled in to start the training. Dave said it was awesome to have all the pastors and their wives together again to hear what was going on in their families and their churches. From past experiences, I agree! It is always a special gathering when they are together!
When they arrived at New Jerusalem Church, there were 52 people in attendance. Representatives from four churches with existing CBSI ministries were there to be trained along with representatives from four additional churches ready to implement CBSI in the life of their churches.
Delia led the Children and Youth CBSI training yesterday, and Saul took the lead today on the Adult training session. They had another great Nica lunch prepared and served by the church members at mid-day.
Dave noted that both Delia and Saul did a great job training and said that the information presented over the two days was well received. So much so, that the churches already inquired about having another training next year. Saul and Delia said that, Lord willing, they would return. After the training ended, they (Dave, Regan, and Blanca) took Saul and Delia for a wrap-up dinner and shared a bit more time together before the husband and wife duo left on their 5 hour trip north to their Nicaraguan home.
On the way back to Veracruz after dinner, they stopped by Hermanos in Cristo Church to meet with Pastor Cirilo and his family (wife Marta and son Gabriel) to take care of some administrative details (gathering receipts from Saturday's meals, One By One reimbursing their expenses, etc.). You may remember that on our last trip in June, the team provided $300 to the church. They used the funds to update all the wiring in the church and to purchase a few new oscillating fans on the wall. The wiring is now in conduit and junction boxes and the lighting has been replaced. Gabriel, the Pastor's son, takes English lessons at Veracruz English Academy (VEA) and Dave said he is using his English more, so they enjoyed talking with one another. After dropping them off at their home, Regan and Dave were able to spend a little time catching up and then Dave was able to get in bed early and obtain some much needed rest.
