Day 6

The van arrived to pick us up bright and early Thursday morning. We were getting used to being chauffeured and began wondering how we would handle not having a driver when we returned home. Chris commented that on Monday morning, back in the states, when she left for work she would probably climb in the back seat and wait as we are accustomed to doing now.

Confidence was high as we headed out. Having some experience behind us and knowing a little more about what to expect relieved the tension. We had also made some adjustment in the cast. It was necessary to replace Mary, the paralytic puppet. It was painful for us all but she just wasn’t giving enough to the performance. Even after Jesus healed her from her paralysis she spent lengthy periods of time staring at the ceiling with her mouth open. And we suspect she previously worked in foreign movies because of the delay between when she spoke her lines and when her mouth moved.

We were blessed at the school to be introduced by their English teacher who is a strong Christian and valued our message. She had the children recite a prayer they learned in English and they also showed off how they have learned the English words for the places in their school: Library, computer room etc.



The performance went smoothly and the children seemed to love us, flocking around to get a hug. We began to feel like movie stars.

Thursday afternoon we were rewarded for finishing up on schedule (unheard of in Panama) with a drive to the beach and a dip in the Pacific Ocean.


We had to hurry back for a meeting with the women who had volunteered to be table leaders at our Encounter Weekend.