Hi everyone, sorry for the delay, this is a double feature blog post for our past two days in Puerto Rico because a power outage prevented us from posting last night. On Wednesday the entire group went to El Yunque national rainforest in Río Grande. We were able to see (and swim under) a waterfall, go hiking, and climb a tower to see the rainforest in all of its beauty. After El Yunque, we went to another beach area suggested to us by Linda, one of our hosts, and played games while enjoying a locally made sorbet from a vender on the beach. When we got home we we were surprised with pizza and homemade chicken wings with a “coconut kiss” for dessert. Following dinner, the local church held a bi-lingual prayer service filled with music, a message about our purpose as God’s children to serve others, and a time of unity in prayer. This prayer service and spending time with the members of the church throughout the day really helped all of us, the members of Wesley and the members of the church, to connect with each other. We continued this and ended the night exchanging traditional dances between our two cultures, the swing dance for the salsa 💃. “Not everyone can dance, but everyone can try”
Today, on Thursday, we spent the day in Old San Juan. We we given a religious tour of the city that highlighted monuments, statues and cathedrals. San Juan and Puerto Rico have a rich Chistian History because the country was the first place that Christianity reached the Americas. A fun fact for you, Columbus originally named the whole island of Puerto Rico San Juan Bautista after St. John the Baptist and where San Juan the city is today used to be called Puerto Rico. These names switched in the 1520s. We also revisited El Morro when we went through the tour of Old San Juan before going to see one of the oldest Methodist Churches and having lunch with them. We got to hear more about their churches mission of evangelizing more in the city and spend time with church members there. We also went to the Governors Palace and the Capital Building. Our team is sunburnt but we have learned a lot about Puerto Rican culture and Christian History today. After dinner we packed bags for the children in the Children's home we will be visiting tomorrow.
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