Playa del Carmen, Avenida 5. Shops and restaurants
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Beautiful Playa del Carmen, warm sand and blue sea
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 People enjoying Playa del Carmen
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Look at all the shades of blue!
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 Come on in, the water is warm... |
Playa del Carmen, with Cozumel hotels visible on the horizon (look closely)
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Parasailing
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Bird's eye view
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Arriving at Nicte-Ha (Mount of Olives Church), Second's partner church
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Welcome to VBS at Nicte-Ha |
Bill Sando (Second Pres.) and Nicte Ha's Pastor Manases' daughter
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The kids love the folks from Second!
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Worship at Nicte-Ha
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Nicte-Ha's sanctuary
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Arriving at Ejido (Prince of Peace), Orchard Park's partner church. Anderson First assisted this year |
Ejido's sanctuary is coming along
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English classes at Ejido
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¿Cómo se dice...?
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Good students
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God speaks both English and Spanish
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Everybody up!
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Head and shoulders, knees and toes...
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Gilda Samuels (from Dubuque) teaches a lesson
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Everybody is learning
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Water break! |
I am so hot!
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It was a hot day
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Posing for the camera
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First day of VBS at Ejido
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Lots of people coming |
Too little for VBS, but still wanted to come...
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Singing praises
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Everybody loved the songs
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We had great musicians
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Tell me a story and I'll learn about God..."
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First day's craft
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Everybody liked the First Aid kit
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Time for games
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Adult's class in Ejido
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Pastor's house within the Ejido Church compound
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Papaya tree by the pastor's house
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Youth class at Ejido
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Playing around
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Sunset over Ejido
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Sunset over Ejido |
VBS at Principe de Paz Cancun, partner church with Northminster
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Class overflowed into the street
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Everybody got into it
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Adult class by Pastor Neri's wife, Laidy
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Craft time |
Closing at Principe de Paz Cancun
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Nicte-Ha VBS
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Those are some pretty big speakers!
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Getting organized for the evening at Nicte-Ha
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They closed the street to have games
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A view of Nicte-Ha's building
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Getting the troups together
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He's got their attention
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Preparing the snack (orchata --rice milk-- and sweet bread)
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Some kids wear their Sunday's best |
The kids love the games
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David Berry (left) and Planter Manases (right) welcome a newcomer
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Chatting with the members
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Snack time!
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A class meeting in the sanctuary
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Dr. Charles Clark gives instructions about the craft
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Concentration
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Carefully cutting
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After playing, they are ready to eat...
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Waiting for the evening's surprise
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A Christian Clown tells a story about the day's VBS theme
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He really was very funny
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The clown and a Second Pres. member teach a song complete with its dance
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They're really getting into it!
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The Nicte-Ha church had a cake made with the VBS logo to celebrate the visit from their partners
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Children in Cozumel prepare for VBS. Cozumel's church is partnered with Tabernacle in Indy.
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Everybody loved the songs! |