Band of Survivors Team Update 4

Thursday June 28th, a pretty sweet day to remember for all time. Basically we started our 24 hour prayer shifts, Gustavo Salinas went first at 12:00 AM. Each member prays for an hour a day and doesn’t stop until he or she is relieved by the next person to pray. Of course one member is stuck praying for two hours a day since we only have twenty three members. Even though and hour alone talking to God might seem a bit much, none of the kids have complained about it. In fact many have stayed when relieved to pray for even longer. Once you are intimate with God and hour just doesn’t seem long enough.

We went to The Waukegan Corps to do an open air in the park. Our goal was to find kids and parents and tell them about Christ’s love. Most of the kids and adults spoke Spanish and our Spanish speaking members were really awesome in how they could translate and speak to so many people. Many kids came to play with us and receive balloon animals and face paint. Once we had their attention and the parents were assured that we weren’t a threat, we began to talk about Christ’s love for all we used the methods and techniques Barb taught us, and the kids were interested. Hopefully they left knowing that Christ is real and his love is contagious. The kids liked us a lot and afterwards we played for almost an hour. Perhaps open airs aren’t dead.

We returned to the corps and had McDonalds… woot. (dry woot)

Dave Shay