We have arrived!

We arrived in Pueblo, CO on Saturday afternoon safe and sound. Along the freeway and as we entered Pueblo, we received many "honks" as folks showed they loved Jesus by honking. God is good! We were lucky enough to get showers last night (and let me tell you, we needed them!). Folks that were here in 2008 may remember the city pool. Well, the showers haven't changed much. For the men, we had one big wall with shower heads that only provided water if you pulled a string down and held it there. For the women (so I hear) there was a large wall and some individual stalls (but with no curtains)....not the most ideal condiitions, but we are always thankful for what we have on these trips. To say the least it was quite interesting trying to get clean quickly. Last night we quickly learned 8 songs so we could help sing with the VBS kids this morning in church. 30 minutes before church was the first time we got to see the motions to the songs, but our group always responds well in these situations. By church-time we looked like pros standing behind the VBS kids up front singing and doing motions to the songs. Photos of this coming soon! As I write this, a huge reception filling the whole fellowship hall here at Westminster, is winding down. The church had 40 kids participate in VBS this last week....many from other congregations, and others with no church home at all. The excitment during church and during this reception is wonderful to see.

Westminster is an older, not very large congregation, but they sure can pull together volunteers anytime needed. The fruits of their labor have shown today! Well, I'm off to take a short break before we work around the outside of the church today for a couple of hours.

Wes