Convivio

Thank you so much for your prayers! We had a great day yesterday at our convivio. The theme for the day was Mexican Independence Day (which was the 16th) and we decided to do a small carnival with easy games, like ring toss and loteria (the Mexican version of bingo). It did end up raining a little bit, but it didn't ruin the mood or anything. Everyone seemed to have great fun playing the games. We then played one group game and had others planned, but everyone was too hungry, so we ate pozole, a hominy and pork soup very typical to this area of Mexico. Afterwards, the torito (little bull) arrived for everyone to dance with. We ended up having close to 90 people there, including quite a few visitors. It was a great day! Here are some pictures.

We had costumes for people to dress up in and we took their picture. This is Enrique, Rosa's son, and his family. They live next door to Rosa and we are really praying for them to start attending the new cell in her house.

People playing loteria

Summer did a great job painting a clown face for people to throw balls into. This is Adisara, one of Victoria Gonzalez's classmates, taking her turn. (I think they let her get a little too close, don't you?)

The group game after the carnival games. Everyone had a balloon tied to their ankle and they had to try and pop everyone elses balloons without getting theirs' popped. Great fun!

The torito dancing around