Update on José Xol

I typed up a summary of what happened on our ministry blog for those of you who are interested. Check it out HERE.

Aaron's Found a Friend in Jesus

When the team was here I took a few of them by to meet Aaron. You've seen him before on the blog. He is a very talented man who has done amazing things in spite of the hard situation he was born into. His wife died 26 years ago. During the war he met a man who played the violin and taught Aaron some songs. Aaron then set about making his own violin. He used guitar strings for the violin and made a bow using a stick and a plant he stripped down and dried out. Below you can see a video of his second violin that is more refined than his first one. He also makes his own marimbas and has recently fixed the guitar shown below. He made the top to look like his violin and has started teaching himself how to play. He tunes everything by ear. Part of what makes it so amazing in addition to his musical talents despite a severe lack of education, is that he does all of this with very rudimentary tools. He says that he just has a lot of patience. Now that we've taught him about Jesus, my next step is to replace his Vikings shirt with a green one. Maybe a hat of cheese...

If you're internet is faster than ours, you can enjoy the video.