Samuel (on the left) and I, have been sketching furiously putting together concepts for a mural here in the community. He is extremely talented, it has been a pleasure and education working with him, even just for concepts. We have chosen a spot. The "Reloj" or the shadow clock, which is also a water tower. It lives in the center of town, faces the community center area of the church and the basketball courts where the youth come.We have been playing with elements, but the main idea is water (to play off the tower) "La vida de agua" or the water of life eternal that Jesus speaks of in the bible. We want to paint a picture of peace, and joy and fulfillment using natural elements of the community. We drove around yesterday (with his wife, son and Matt) taking pictures of trees, rocks, buildings, hills and have been working off meshing them all together.
We have one little problem. The city can only keep the reloj free of graffitti for about 2 days max. It is a hangout spot for the druglords, skaters, whatever... We are going to go ahead, with special prayer that the mural will be SO "Que Padre" or "cool" that the youth will leave it. We shall see... Just maybe, the Lord would allow this one side of the reloj to stay untouched by paint cans, what a testimony that would be...
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