Thursday July 15

Today was another fun day at Bible School. The story was the good Samaritan. Kristin was the man who got beat up. Heather, Leah and Anna were the robbers. Linda was the priest and I was the Levite. Kelly was the good Samaritan. The kids really enjoyed the skit! For the snack, they made hearts cut out of bread and spread with jelly, and then they had to give their snack to their neighbor to eat. The craft was a tracing of their hands with the title “helping hands for Jesus” They also played pin the tail on the donkey and we did a parachute game with beach balls. The kids went crazy over that game!
After Bible school we went to the mission for shopping and lunch. We got a taste of American food with subs, fries, ice cream and diet coke. At the mission there is a store where you can purchase items and outside are the vendors where you can barter for deals. Everyone came back with lots of stuff! While we were waiting to be picked up, we wandered about the mission by the hospital and zoo. There was woman with a Byron Bank tee shirt. I showed her my water bottle with the Byron Bank logo and Kristin tried to tell her that I worked for the bank. I don’t know if she completely understood, but she smiled when I showed her my water bottle and Deb took a picture of me with the woman.
After shopping, we went back to the main house. We got to watch the babies while the nannies had a Bible Study. After that we worked on some projects that we started yesterday. Kelly and Deb finished painting the gate a bright orange with green pillars. Leah and Anna worked on painting the railing around a balcony. The rest of us worked on scrubbing the railing on the upper balcony. We didn’t finish so another group will have to finish at a later date.
Tomorrow after Bible school we are going to Fort Jacque to unload a container that was shipped from the states. It’s sad to think that tomorrow is our last day here, the week has gone so fast. Please pray for us tomorrow as we finish Bible School that not only we are a blessing to the kids, but they are a blessing to us also. Pray also for continued good health has so far only one of us has gotten sick and that we have safe travel.
Quote of the day on the way home from the mission, when we got to the main house someone said”I can’t believe I put my seat belt on!”
Chris