Been here almost 2 weeks

Well, here I sit in another internet cafe as it is pouring down rain outside. It's been rather wet here the last several days. When it rains here, it really rains. The weird part is, it doesn't cool down when it rains, it just seems to become more humid!
The last few days have been a blessing to say the least.
Sunday was our second Sunday here and at Valley Cathedral Church. I have really grown to love the people in the church. Last Sunday Cynthia and I sang "How Great Thou Art" for special music and this last Sunday I sang "To the River" with Becky. It was fun!
I also taught Sunday School to the kids. Let's just say it isn't like back home. I have about 80 kids and they ranged in age from 4 to 12. I shared the story of Jonah and the whale. It was fun, but I won't be doing it again. :-)
Monday was our day off and 18 of us piled into (and I really mean piled in) a van and drove about 30 minutes to a mall. WHY do you ask did I go to a mall when I don't even like to go when I'm home. It was fun though. I had Anna with me and also Jessie, one of the kids on our team. We saw a movie, Underdog. It was an experience.
Yesterday afternoon I was able to go to the Bible Study that I had attened last Thursday. I have become really good friends with a gal from the church named Lorna. She is married and has two children, 18 and 16. She and her husband have burden on their hearts for an area here in town that is very poor. They live behind the market in what they call a squatter area. I have grown to really love and feel blessed by these people. Several women shared their testimony, or rather a testimony in their life before we got started. I was asked to speak and give the word. I had prepared a lesson on Psalm 46, specifically verse 10, "Be still and know that I am God." After many had shared I was asked to share. I felt so humbled! My examples no longer felt relavent! My struggles werer struggles, but they were not anything like that of those who had shared before me. We all have the same Jesus, but they have nothing BUT Jesus! It seems as though they could bless me, more that I could ever begin to bless them.
After I gave the lesson and we shared several songs we then started praying for people. We were also taken back into someone's house to pray for someone. It was interesting to walk back deep into the homes and finally arrive at the home. All of the children just stared and smiled and walked along side of me. Once at the house it was hard to step inside the house because I was too tall!!!! Yes, I was not able to stand in the house because it wasn't tall enough. It was so weird....challenging!
As a team last night we were invited to a gentleman's house. He has helped with a lot of the transportation. We have all grown to love him and his family. It was so much fun to ALL 32 of us pile in vans again and be served dinner at his house. It was beautiful. The kids played in the rain and we sat around after dinner and all worshiped together.
To sum it all up so far, WOW, I feel so blessed. I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but I do feel so incredibly blessed!!
Thank you all to those that continue to pray for us. I appreciate all of you prayers and thoughts.
Please do feel free to write anytime. I check at least once a week, but I love to keep in contact and in touch with life back home.
Love to you all.
In Him,
Liz

Oh, and I fixed the link to Kevin and Becky's blog. I also added the link to Tom and Lisa's. Please see their blog for more stories from the team and even PICTURES!!