Bogota - Day 4

I'll begin this letter by telling you that we had a great night last night. We ate dinner with our host family and we had a long conversation with them about a lot of different things (Jackie obviously did most, okay all of the speaking in Spanish). But, we had a lot of fun learning more about them and they learned a lot about us.

This morning we took the bus again (this time we were able to find a seat). We have started off every morning of orientation with a devotional from one of the board members which has been awesome.

Today we were able to find out a lot more about different ministries that we will be involved in. Since I am going to be discipling the 10th grade boys at the school I will also be involved in the 10th grade classes ministry. The ministry is to one of the poorest parts of Bogota (on the south end). We will be working with a lot of street orphans and other poor families. Jackie will also be involved in the 5th/6th grade ministry but she is not sure what that will be just yet.

So those specific class ministries will be on the third Saturday of every month and then on the fourth Saturday of every month there will be general outreach opportunities for all the students. We are really looking forward to these opportunities.

Tonight we went over to the McCollums for dinner with 5 other teachers (Robyn, Marissa, Rose, Melody and Suzette). We ordered Domino's (which I never thought I would be excited to have, but I was!) and it tasted exactly the same as here. It was a great time of sharing about how we all ended up down here in Bogota.

No big plans this weekend other than getting things ready for school. Hope everyone is doing well and keep checking the blog...down below are some pics for you to see!

Here is the view from the back of the school. You can see the Andes mountains as well as some students playing on the basketball court. The one of Jackie and me is in front of the entrance to the old school building.