¿Como se dice bock bock en Ingles?

Andrew and Mil reporting for blog post duty.

So we are sure all of you are wondering the story behind the title of this blog. Well have no fear, Andrew and Mil are here with a fun, little story from our very eventful day.  So, this being the first day that we were able to teach and interact with the children, there already was a great conversation with one child in particular about chicken noises that represents some of the time we had with the children today.  So... Mil was conversing with a few children about pets and it all began with a young girl asking in Spanish if Mil had any gatos, (cats).  And not knowing much Spanish, Mil kept having them repeat the word until one charistmatic little boy made cat noises, meow meow, to help clarify the word.  After this was figured out, they proceeded to talk about cats and dogs, which Mil understood perro to mean dog.  Then, the young girl shared of another pet that she had which was a  Spanish word that Mil did not know the meaning of.  In her moment of panic and not understanding this word, Mil ransacked her brain for any other animal she had seen today and in Guatemala.  The first and only one that came to mind was a chicken.  However, to make matters funnier, this came right after the same little boy made rabbit ears to try and help clairfy the animal.  For Mil, rabbit ears equaled chicken in her panic.  She proceeded by flapping her arms and making bock bock chicken noises to help describe a chicken, while still thinking that might be the answer...  but a boys response was more out of left field than even her random animal guess.  This particular boy asked how to say bock bock in English.  How would you answer that?????  Well, Mil responded with "chicken" and soon after a translator named Marvin came over and told Mil that the little girl had a pet rabbit. The end... just kidding!

This story is a great example of how many of us had a difficult time communicating with the Guatemalans, but through sign language (inside joke ask somebody about this who was on the trip), repitition, and the wonderful translators, both Guatemalan missionaries and our fellow team members we were able to get our message across. The message of our faith lesson, Barnabas encouraging Christians, and Christ's love for them. We exhibited this message of love to the children by reading books, playing games, showing interest in their lives, and assisting with their craft.

So, overall this was a special day for us and the whole team as it was the first day we traveled out of Guatemala City, to a place near Amatitlan called "El Rincon," and taught the planned out faith lesson to kids, teenagers, and adults.  After our morning breakfast, "Holiday Inn Express Des Plaines, IL style" (as Kevin would say), and a devotion from the Guatemalan missionary Manuel, we all got into two vans and traveled about an hour away to "El Rincon."  When we arrived we split up into three groups and went to visit different homes to do house visits.  These house visits had special significance for our team this morning because each family visited had a child sponsered by one of our team members.  This was a wonderful time for our team members who sponsored a child to meet them or recconect with them and their family. 

Then, we all convened for "the best lunch we have ever had" because we made it as Kevin says.  During lunch, many people experienced their "low" of the day by going to the bathroom which consisted of a non-functioning toilet surrounded by 4ft tall tin wall and a torn curtain for the door.  This gave many funny stories that team members would be glad to share in person upon our arrival back home. Next, after our lunch came our faith lessons which we divided into our children and young adult teams as talked about earlier.  This time was full of both funny and uplifting stories as we taught and sang about our common faith.  After much fellowship and play, we returned back "home" where we enjoyed much laughter and delicious mac and cheese prepared by Ginny. 

The night ended with a heartfelt devotion led by Andy where we shared encouragement for each of our teammates which was spiritually uplifting.  Here we were strengthened as a team knowing we are redeemed by Jesus Christ and reminded that God placed us here all together for a reason working for His kingdom. 
 
¿Como se dice the Holy Spirit works in marvelous ways en Espanol? #Godisonthemove