The last day

Bonswa zanmiyo!
So I’m writing this blog tonight, but I must say I am not in the happiest mood ever… I just walked down from the balcony where I sang with a little friend until he fell asleep, and I’m having a difficult time coming to terms with the fact that we will be gone in about 12 hours. I know I speak for a few of us when I say leaving is going to be quite difficult. But now, I will dig in to the well of positivity and explain our pretty great day today:

Every Friday, all the volunteers come up to the house we were staying at, and Nikki makes some pretty amazing breakfast pizza and cinnamon rolls, and we end the time with group devo’s and prayer. I must say, this was a pretty great way to kick off the day! Bible school was so fun today, too, but I have no clue how it went so fast. We used puppets to tell the story of the prodigal son, and we had quite an attentive audience! The kids went crazy for the candy from the piñatas, and grasped the idea of celebrating pretty well . Despite the use of sunglasses, I still saw some tears fall from a few of our team members when the kids all came by to give us hugs and kisses. It was a great way to remember the week, but it also made it a little more difficult to leave. Right after Bible School, we were driven right up to the new property to unload a container that Finally got let out of customs. It was a really cool day, you should probably ask one of us about it when we get home . We came back to the main house in the middle of the afternoon and spent time putting away some supplies from the container and hanging out with some babies. Now we’re sitting in the dining area smelling the pizza being made, and getting ready for dinner! Tonight, we aren’t sure what is to come, most likely packing, some hang out time, and then an early bed time. Tomorrow, bright and early we’ll head to the airport, get to Fort Lauderdale in the early afternoon, get to Chicago around dinner time, and drive home by 10:00ish.

So, I ask that you please take some time to pray for our travels tomorrow, and that God would keep working in the hearts of each child we were able to reach this week. Thanks for all your support!

Bon nwi, Kelly