First Day of Outreach

Today was our first day of outreach.
We started by going to an orphanage/day care to do a VBS and play with the kids.
During the VBS, we found out that we were missing the music for some of the skits so we had to cut the puppet shows out. But our translater Giezi (Yessi) led all of us in singing some songs with the kids while we tried to find the music. It was just cool seeing all of the kids following along and doing the motions to the songs and having fun. We did not end up finding the music so we cut the VBS program short but we were able to spend more time hanging out with the kids, bond with them, and just have fun with the kids.
We also went to a park to do some park ministry and when we got there we found out we were not allowed to use our amplifier to play the music for our dramas. We did not know what to do at first since most of our ministry materials are dramas and skits. But since we were there we decided to make the most of our time at the park. So instead some of us did a prayer walk while the others began to make balloons to pass out and we wrote things in Spanish on the balloons like John 3:16, Jesus loves you, God loves you, God bless you. We spent some time passing out balloons when we met a pastor named Sammy who worked as a clown for 10 years before and he also began to join us and make balloons for the kids. He could blow up the balloons without a pump!! Crazy cool!! He could make things like flowers with hearts on them, a bird sitting inside a heart on a flower, a dog on a leash, and alot of other things. Sammy offered us his phone number so if we wanted we could call him up and have him teach us how to make the balloons.
Also, Dan Matsuoka met and talked to a man named Mike who was looking for a job. Mike lived in LA for a while and went to Calvary Chapel but was deported because he was caught for drug possession twice and he was looking for a job and a church to try and get back into a relationship with God. He was really encouraged by what we were doing and Dan and Giezi prayed for him and Giezi told him about a church that he would like.
It was just amazing to see how God turned the situation around. We went from not being able to do our ministry dramas to meeting Sammy and Mike and just being able to bless the people at the park with just sharing balloons and food.
This experience was a great reminder to me how our plans are not always what God intends and we should always be ready to follow Him whether or not we are prepared for it.