Our last day of VBS

Today was a beautiful day it was in the 90's and sunny. We left the house at about 8:00-8:30 to the toddler house for the last day of vbs. We start out with singing like we always do and the bible story. Then the kids split up into two groups, one group went to the craft which was paper tamborines, the other group went to snack and made party mix. On the tamborines the kids traced their hand, colored and put stickers on it, and the kids enjoyed all the different pieces in the party mix. After they were finished they played a game where they had to balance a ping pong ball on a spoon. They had a lot of fun, but had a hard time sharing, they wanted to keep doing it. Afterwards we sang, danced, and marched with the tamborines. At the end we had two pinatas, an ice cream one for the little kids, and a butterfly for the big kids. The little kids swung a lot, but didn't really break it at all, so Kristin broke it open for them. The big kids were blind-folded and after many swings finally broke it, they rushed for the candy and started eating it right away. As we were about to leave they sang a goodbye song to us, this song they sing to each child who is adopted out of the orphanage. After the song they lined up and gave each of us a kiss and hug, we will miss them a lot.
Coming to Haiti has shown me how blessed we are because we all have families of our own who provide for us. We take a lot for granted, the love our parents give us, the food we eat and sometimes throw away, having our own bedroom, the fresh and clean water, and so many other things. It has been a great experience, I am glad I came, thank you to so many people who supported our team and made it possible to come here. Nate Schuitema