Puppets!
Learning new songs.
They were too scared to play. They said they just wanted to watch.
Game time.
I love him!
Playing hot potato with a ball.
Little boy listening to a Bible story.
A church in the US donated money for each child in this village to receive a ball. They were thrilled.
Jerod and our friend, Nacho were miming a story.
playing a game.
lunch, that would be turtle!
This was actually just for the picture, but they do eat turtle in this village and had them there for that purpose. I was just happy they didn't serve that to us that day!
Our group for our 2nd VBS.
#3 VBS, the youth from our church near our home, traveled an hour each day to help with this VBS. It was a lot of work and a lot of traveling, but well worth it.
This village is very isolated and very poor.
Most all of these kids were shoveling this food in their mouths like they had never eaten. I asked one of them when they last ate and they said last night around 6. It was 3pm. My heart sunk. Poor kids were starving.
We were feeling a bit tired.
This is their take on pigs in a blanket. Hot dogs fried in a tortilla.
This is how they pull the logs in this village and it made me sad for these poor bulls.
These little girls were curious about all the outsiders passing by their home.
This was the nursery corner. I made play-doh and they loved playing with it.
This little fella liked Greg a lot.
I was having fun taking care of the little ones.
The older girls enjoyed learning and as you can see they weren't bothered by having to write on a tiny ledge of the bench.
The road in the village.
This little boy was playing with this bottle in front of the church. He was precious!
This little boy's name was Bonbon, which translates, Marshmallow. I thought that was fitting because he was so adorable I could have squeezed him!
I felt like I had succeeded when the little ones let me hold them. They are usually very scared of my blonde hair, so I was happy they were content in my lap!
It was 2 great VBS's and today started the first day of #4. We had 117 today and for the first day, that was really good! So, we are gearing up for a long day tomorrow. I will try and keep you up to date! Love you all ! Missy
