Monday Skit Part 2 — Laughter...There’s Never Enough

Tonight Disfrazo introduced two new villains to destroy the Circo de Ole — The saccharin and sarcastic Azucarona and the faux fortune teller Ernesto Mystico. Meanwhile Ring Leader Leonardo Flamazo is building his ranks and trying to up his chances for success with a new juggler and big man. Who will the right to be called The Greatest Show in Mexico? The hapless losers and freaks of Circo de Ole? Or the talented — though self-absorbed and obnoxious — villains of The Circo de Siniestro?

Leonardo and his Circo de Ole are struggling to make payroll because their bank deposit was accidentally intercepted by the evil Disfrazo. How will they survive? Will they lose the talents of their lone great act The Flying Salinas? Only time...and two more scripts until Wednesday’s finale...will tell.

In addition to all the added circus performers who filled the stage tonight, another song from The Greatest Showman was introduced. Singing Villians? Never. Never.

See for yourself. Click on this link to see Part 2 of the Skit.

Unlikely roommates...,

Our cast of villians is now set.

Monday — All over The City of Children something is going on.

From puppets to Bible classes, crafts to games, playtime to snack time, Mexicano children and American teens are engaged in something...and with one another.

This is our worship.
Making a child laugh
With their whole self,
Offering a house mama a hand.
Decorating cookies and cupcakes.
Sharing our weakness and your word.
Running, jumping, skipping rope.
Talking with smiles, a wink and an open heart
When our words and worlds are not the same.
Being together, eating together, praying together
Getting it together.
This is our worship.
Dear Lord, we pray it is pleasing in your sight.

Led in with joy and gladness, they enter the palace of the king. — Psalm 45:25

Monday and Wednesday, several of our teens got honest and spoke to their Mexican counterparts about the challenges they experience in life. We don’t come here to lead. We come to encourage one another on the mutual journey we share, young, old, teens and adults, we are all on the same path. Just different places on the journey. The goal isn’t to get to heaven.... It’s for us all to get to heaven. God created the church community for a reason.

Monday — The big kitchen makeover is underway

Under the leadership of the Skidmore ladies and supported by so many NBYG teens and parents, we’ve made renovating the Teen Girls’ Dorm a priority. Over the past few years, NBYG crews have redone the living area and the front porch. Now we’re tackling the kitchen.

Why so much emphasis on the teen girls? The teenage years are a critical time in a young woman’s life. So many life decisions are made. So many critical choices. We wanted to create a place where they can feel more at home, the kind of place that might encourage them to stay longer. Because, if they stay, their college is paid for and, when they eventually leave The City of Children, they’ll be better ready to meet the challenges of the world.

The opportunities are vastly different for a teenager leaving the home without a degree versus a more mature twenty-year-old woman with a college diploma. So we’re making the most of their home so they are encouraged to make the most of their life. Thanks so much for all of you who contributed so generously to this cause. Thanks, too, to Melissa Skidmore and Edwin Wilhite and the Skidmore girls for spearheading this work.

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