Guillermo Habla. (William speaks.)

Hi everyone reading this,

The first day at RGBI, I was in the group going to VBS. I think that has already been described, but I will say that it was a blast. During the lesson I taught the Bible verse. While we were playing with the kids I made a friend named Jorge.

The second day at RGBI, I stayed back at the campus to help clean up some of the dorms so the rooms are ready for the students. It was actually quite fun (especially driving the golf carts to get places). By the end I knew my way around the campus pretty well. We did all sorts of jobs like taking apart a bunkbeds for storage, putting weather sealer in the doors, moving a refridgerator, sorting various things, tearing up floors, nailing up trim-stripping, and washing Sharon's car.

It was so fun working with Sharon Opperman. She is such a funny, energetic, and a very lovable person. She spreads around so much joy.

On Sunday (today), we got up early to eat with Sharon at a restaurant for breakfast and then leave to try and make it to the service in Monterrey at Gilgal at 10:30. No way. The border was a pretty long stop (although not too bad compared to some stories). We arrived in the last ten minutes of the service.

After the service we had some time for a siesta before the evening service. People started showing up about two hours earlier so we interacted with some of the kids. We did origami mostly. I made two hawks for some boys who were thrilled. I never knew that would come in handy to be able to fold a little piece of paper.

The evening service was quite interesting. All of the kids had been learning English songs for three months to sing to us. It was really cool. After this our group went up and sang to songs. Later in the service, some of our group gave testimonies or sang. It was really neat.

After the service we had a delicious meal. After stuffing ourselves we sat down and had a group meeting discussing some of the things we planned to do and just recapping the day.

Now us guys are at the church getting ready to hit the hay. I guess that is all. I had better get some sleep for the work-filled day tomorrow.

Signing off,
-William Keating