Friday, July 31, 2009

Day 5 from Molly

Greg mentioned some of the group is spending the afternoon at Vacation Bible School. It’s been amazing to see this collection of beautiful kids who always seem to be happy and energetic simply to be at church every day! It’s easy to see the face of God in these little smiling faces. Each day the number of kids has increased. Yesterday, we had 204 children there to participate! They are incredibly polite and even clean up after themselves after the craft projects. Each session starts with one of their teachers sharing the Bible story and lesson of the day. Everyone sings the well-known Guatemalan songs after that, which could probably be heard from miles away! A puppet show, complete with music and dancing, is performed by various team members. The sometimes hectic craft activity follows, which is a feat unto itself for that many kids and only twenty team members to assist everyone in finishing their project. Outside games end the program for the day. The games include a combination which includes water balloon tossing, stomping out balloons filled with air tied to their ankles, and of course their favorite sport, soccer. It’s been really fun to see our kids interact with the Guatemalan kids in this environment.

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