GBC Missions Trip Medellin Colombia 2018: Day 6

Hello Everyone!

We started off this important day with a wonderful breakfast of eggs, toast, and coffee prepared by Pami and Rosanna. Today was the second Sunday service ever for our church here in Medellin. Our missionaries have put a lot of work into the community, and have made many connections with the families and children here. Last week, for their first Sunday service ever, they had 17 community members show up, not counting the missionaries themselves; however, this Sunday, we were able to bring in 32 people. Felix (an amazing Christian man who drove down from Bogota to be our driver for the week) gave a wonderful message, being our speaker during the service, and Paul shared his testimony, which was able to touch the hearts of many. We were able to serve Colombian-style hot dogs, that involved fried onion-straws, ketchup, and fry sauce, along with coffee and juice. Yes, the hot dogs were delicious. After the service, we kept the church doors open as we set up a mini-theater for the World Cup game of Colombia versus Poland. With a hefty 3-0 win, we enjoyed erupting in excitement alongside the Colombians after each goal. Throughout the day, we could hear people lighting fireworks and honking horns to further celebrate their win. We spent the rest of the day bonding as a team with our Colombian missionaries, us "Gringos" (This means white people, and is how the Colombian kids refer to our team), Santiago (a Colombian seminary student we have been working with), and for a while, Felix and his wonderful family. Dinner was a delicious assortment of different pizzas. They were all delicious, except for the Hawaiian-- pineapple simply does not belong on pizza. In all seriousness, we ate pizza, laughed, and went through some bible trivia questions. When we got back to "the Yellow House," our hostel, we had a team debrief, during which we were able to share stories and laugh about our amazing day today.

-Michael