This piece of literature was authored by Christopher Marshall and Acacia Britton and has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Post-Script: Kara is a fun-sucker and is forcing us to retreat to our resting quarters.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Birthday Celebrations With a Side of Ministry
Today was Tori's birthday, therefore, the team "prepared" a choreographed dance and song combo as we were about to depart from Hotel Agape (where we are currently residing). It went smoothly and we achieved the level of annoyance and embarrassment that we had hoped for: mission accomplished. Today was also the first day we were going to present our drama and song and craft and activity to the kids. We chose a modern-style for our dramatization of "The Good Samaritan" with a dash of fútbol. As you might have guessed, we were phenomenal and received high marks from the audience. Another intended response was the high-level comprehension of the lesson, "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Luke 10:27). Afterwards, we sang and danced to "Everlasting Love" performed by our musical aficionado, Chris Marshall, along with the swagettes, a.k.a. the rest of the team. We did this with both the young chillens and the adolecents. Both were truly moved by our hot beats, so much so we were forced to present an encore presentation of "Tooty Tot". Once we pulled ourselves away from our adoring audience, we had them construct and transform a meaningless, blank white circle into a majestic, awe-inspiring, biblically-correct fútbol ball that would take a grown man's breath away. Afterwards we spent time with the adolecents, who taught us the way of "The Sign". It turns out that the language barrier, which requires double-translation (English to Spanish, Spanish to Sign), has not been as difficult to overcome as our young minds had once perceived. Later that evening, we smuggled in a decadent and mouth-watering chocolate cake, made from the richest ingredients that only God Himself could have miraculously and generously provided. We proceeded to surprise Tori with this God-inspired creation and sang "Happy Birthday" for the 100,456,987th time to date. Due to our lack of eating utensils and other resources, we decided it was in the best interest of all parties to floss the cake. Yes, I said it, FLOSS the cake. The cake was good.
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you may have been forced to your resting quarters but you have not gotten quiet yet or maybe you are still celebrating the longest birthday celebration in El Salvador history. Happy birthday one more time Tori. Now back to reality and being 18. Have bunches of fun.
ReplyDeleteWhat, Kara a fun-sucker?? Wow, that's harsh. and totally uncharacteristic. you all must really be testing her...i am going to pray harder for her.:)
ReplyDeleteGlad your first day of ministry went well, and that you have found ways to share the love of Jesus that transcends language. "Share the gospel; use words if necessary". (some great theological mind said that--i think it was st. francis of assisi. but it might have been chris cartwright.:)