Day 18- June
30, 2015
Wow,
another awesome day!!! Thankfully, not
quite as long or as tiring as yesterday, but still jam packed!! Just looking at today’s pictures made me tear
up, I love these people SO much!! It was
obvious that God was with us today.
This
morning Kim did the devotional with the women. She was super nervous and self conscious about
what she had planned to say. She had a
hard time getting the first part out without crying, but that just showed the
women how passionate she was about what she was talking about. Several of them said it showed how much she
loved God. Her devotional was about God
being there with you all the time to help you get past your fears and
doubts. It was clear that God was
standing beside her giving her strength and showing His greatness through her
words. I know the women were touched and
I was as well. It was a great reminder
to rely on God, especially when you feel doubtful of yourself and your
abilities. It reminds me of the saying, “If
God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.”
After
devotional we started our rotations. Today
in beauty we focused on our faces.
Before we got into doing anything to our faces, I shared another
devotional I found online. I talked
about how our society and world in general puts a lot of pressure on women to
be beautiful. We are sold all kinds of
products to “make” us beautiful. But
true beauty cannot be found by using these products. It is found when we seek God and let the Holy
Spirit into our soul. Then true beauty
radiates from us. You can find the full
devotional here. I’ve been blessed to
find a devotional that says exactly what I want it to, but way better than I
could say on my own. I know that God is
watching over this time because He knows I really want to pour into these
women. After we discussed what true
beauty meant, we pampered our faces. We
started by using a Mary Kay face wash with exfoliates to really get our faces
clean. Then we added some color with
some eye shadow and lipstick. They had
so much fun!! I’m so thankful to Katie
Prewitt for her generous donation of Mary Kay products, she is AMAZING!!! They’ve
loved using it all!!!
At the end
of rotation time, I ate lunch with the women.
It was nice to extend our time together!
Then I had a short break before getting ready for afternoon VBS. I am so thankful for Kristian and Brett who
took over activities with the English lesson kids this week so I could have a
break between women’s ministry and VBS!
They did a great job today!!!
Around
2:30 the VBS madness started! I had two
new kiddos in my group today, which brought us to 16. The schedule changed just a bit so that they
could go to snack to get something to drink after being outside. Our first rotation was still indoor
games. Before we split, John Frank
(leader of the Louisiana team) came up and did a game called Arooshtasaw (I
have no idea if that’s how you spell it, he made the word up). He has done this with them for years, so they
all call it out when they see him. I can’t
even describe this game to you; I’ll have to try to video it tomorrow. After that, we split into two groups. One played Ping-Pong or darts and the other
was with Michael and Gelu playing a game I didn’t catch the name of. The point seemed to be to stand up without
the person who was “it” seeing you, then to tag them. Then you become “it.” I missed the instructions, but that’s what I
caught from watching it for a few minutes.
Second, we
went outside for outside games. They
played a game called Ships and Sailors.
The Captain (Brett and Conner) calls out situations and the kids have to
do the correct action. For example: if
they call out “man overboard” each kid has to find a partner. One of them gets down on one knee and the
other puts a foot on the first one’s back, then they both put a hand over their
eyes like they are scanning the horizon.
If you don’t do the right action or find the right number of people you’re
out. The kids had a great time
playing! After a round of that, they
were able to free play with some soccer balls and hula-hoops.
Third, we
went back inside to have snack/computer time.
A nice break after being out in the sun!
While the kids were eating their snack, Meagan made balloon animals for
them. They loved it!!
Fourth, we
went to crafts. The craft today was a
bookmark that they got to color. Once
they finished coloring their bookmark, they got to get their face painted. So fun!!!
Fifth, we
went to Bible. The lesson today was
about God helping us overcome our fears.
Dan talked about David and Goliath and we read the 23rd
Psalm. Then they colored a picture of
David and Goliath.
Lastly, we
went to music. They had fun singing and marching
along to the music. I didn’t recognize
the first song, but the second one was “I’m in God’s Army!” It took me a bit to recognize it, but I
finally did!! After singing and marching
to two songs, they played hot potato to music. I was in control of the music, hehehe! Then we played musical chairs. Alina won! So fun!!
After VBS
we fed the kids dinner. We took three
groups into the café at a time to eat.
It blessed my heart to see them all bow their heads and pray before
eating!! When the older kids ate, Cristi lead the prayer. (Insert the proudest emoji ever!!) Love my boy!!!!
Once we
had fed all the VBS kids, we took the extra food downstairs and began feeding
as many people as we could. I think we
handed out about 150 plates of food to anyone who came up. Here is another time it was obvious that God
was with us today. It was looking very
dark and rainy so we weren’t sure many people would show up to get food. When one of the translators asked Gabi what
we would do if it rains, she said, “It won’t rain until we’re done, God’s
watching over us.” And He was. It rained further in Tarnaveni, just down the
street, but not on us! We had a few
drops right as we finished, but not enough to matter. God knew those people needed that meal!
My heart
is so full tonight! I love these people
and this place so much!! And I love seeing God working here! Please be in prayer for tomorrow as it is our
last day with the women. Pray that we
can impact them and show them Jesus.
Also please pray that VBS again goes smoothly and everyone has another
great day!
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| This is Alin, will you pray for him? Just imagine the impact if everyone would pray for these kiddos!! |
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