Sunday morning began with an intimate church service with the team, Pastor Perez's team, and a limited number of youth and adults. It was wonderful to spend that time worshiping the Lord together. The family that had been preparing all of the food for the team saw their oldest son make a decision to accept Jesus into his heart.
We then had breakfast together and had planned to climb a mountain and spend some time up there, but the weather did not permit it. We instead worked more on completing the bathrooms, added in the final lighting, and began to work on installing ceiling fans in the sanctuary.
That night we had youth service. The service began with worship. Chris Nelson quickly spoke about being marked and how Satan tries to mark us for death but explained how God has something better. He used the newly installed lights, water, and fans to illustrate by saying they would be a light in Pavia and the Holy Spirit would blow his power throughout the land. He also said that God wanted to clean them of their sins and give them rest (like in the bathroom).
Pastor Chris preached a message on our value in God's eyes. He used the three stories in mark about the lost sheep, lost coin, and the prodigal son as examples. He told them that they all had value and that God would search for them because of their value, but like in the story of the prodigal son, they had a choice to make if they wanted to be found.
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