Hola! Katie here tonight, filling you in on today's happenings down here. This was my first day helping out with the VBS, the past couple days I've been working on the construction part (a natural fit for my tomboy personality) - hey someone has to show these guys that a girl can hold her own. I have to admit I was a little unsure about working with all the ankle biters, but I had a lot of fun! Cindy taught some of the local kids how to do a puppet skit, so they performed that for the rest of the kids. Then Tabitha taught a lesson on Saul to Paul and the kids made a butterfly craft to show how a worm can be transformed into such a magnificent creature. After that it was game time...We taught the kids how to do wheelbarrow races. John, Sarah, Jenn, and myself had to demonstrate for the kids, and I do have to say that John and I won by a landslide. The kids loved the wheelbarrow races, they were entertained for a long time by that one (bonus- because it was the only time all day we weren't running or chasing the kids). Then onto good 'ol football (soccer). The kids are crazy about it down here and some of them are really good. The heat did not phase the kids one bit. Sarah misunderstood the rules a 'lil and thought you were supposed to hit the ball with your face and has a nice shiner across her nose to show for it. Okay so maybe the ball ricocheted off quite a few little feet and then a knee to meet her face (and believe it or not it wasn't John that did it, my bad). The church sits in the valley below the mountains and each day after lunch the clouds roll off the mountain and it cools off some and we might get a quick sprinkle. So when the clouds and sprinkles moved in we were excited for the drop in temperature and kept playing with the kids... then all of a sudden the skies opened and it started pouring rain. We had to scramble to get all of our things together and ran over to the church with some of the kids to take shelter. The rain lasted a while, so we played inside for a while, then the kids slowly wandered home here and there.Tonight, Pablo did our evening devotion from Ephesians Chapter 1:3-8. Henry, one of our interpreters, came to translate for Pablo which was a good thing. What we've been told about Henry is that he isn't a Christian, but is very friendly and a very hard worker. So hopefully tonight opened up some doors for him and pray that he will keep in contact with Pablo after we leave.
About Pastor Bill
Sr. Pastor of the greatest church in the world. Husband of Cheri - dad of Malari & Caitlin - father-in-law of Zac - pawpaw to Levi!