Today’s date is unknown to me, the time at this moment is also a mystery, and the place I am in on this geographically challenging mission is one more complicated question which I am not able to comprehend. All I can think is more beads, children, boxes, markers, crayons, and Spanish, which everyone has been picking up slowly. Now to think back on today... “The dog ran faster and faster as the Frisbee came lower and lower to the ground…”

Chaos. Cacophany. Sweat. Christ. Tonight I experienced the power of Christ enabling, strengthening, and working in me as we started our ministry in Esmeraldas. We arrived early at the school we are using for the evening kids' program, prepared our classrooms, prayed, and then watched as the group of children we would teach grew larger... and larger... and larger...