Then Pastor Brent, dressed as Professor PB, did an object lesson in which he poured water into a cup and had it switched around with other cups and then had the kids guess which cup the water was in. Little did they know that there was a special powder in the cup that made the water solidify so that when they tipped the cup over, no water came out. It was followed with a message about how things don't always go the way we think they will.
Then Julia came up and gave her testimony about losing her father and when she asked how many of the kids had lost a parent, many of them raised their hands. It's so heartbreaking to see that so many kids have lost a parent. I couldn't even imagine losing one of mine. It would crush me. After her testimony, Joanne prayed for the kids and then the kids breaked for lunch.
After lunch, we had six stations set up that the kids could rotate through. I was co-in charge of the hoola hoop game, in which the kids had to link hands in a circle and move the hoola hoop around the circle without releasing hands. It was a lot of fun and we even joined in the circles and played with them. Some of the other games included sac races, dart throwing, knocking over cans, bean bag toss, and water gun shooting. The kids were all so excited to play the games and they were all actively involved, which is so amazing to see. Kids in North America would probably find some of these games lame, like the sac races, and not want to do them, but all of the kids wanted to play all of the games. I just love how excited and happy they are to do things, to have fun.
We kind of edited the game for the younger kids, just holding it and letting them jump through the hoop.
This one the didn't even keep their hands connected, they just jumped through!
This was the right way to do it!
The Fun Day ran from about 10-12. After it was finished, we returned to the kindergarden school where Nic had stayed for the morning to help Lenny with the outer wall (we had visited the classrooms there that morning before we did the fun day and did the lesson and craft with the kids there). They made a lot of progress on it.
Tomorrow, we are going to do the finishing touches on the outside and then start painting on the inside. After lunch, Nic and I went to the pouporia and got a couple of Té Fríos and this time Nic paid for mine, which I didn't ask him to do or even expect him to return the favour. So thank you, Nic :)
After lunch, we packed everything up and went on a little adventure up to the Cristo el Picacho, which is a tall statue of Jesus overlooking the city. Before we reached the statue though, we stopped and went into a zoo that they had up there as it was going to be closing earlier. Nic and I roamed around, checking out all of the different animals. There were a lot of different kinds of birds and some gaters and even some raccoons, which isn't something we'd normally think to find in a zoo.
These were probably my two favourites, the lion and the monkeys. The lion, though he was just lying there, had a very authoritative look to him. He certainly owns the name "King of the Jungle". It also reminded me of Aslan :) And the monkeys, well that's kind of obvious, as monkeys are my favourite animal :P
Before we left the zoo area, we went to look out over the city. The view was beautiful <3
I wanted to put this in too because it's prob one of my fav pics of Nic and I. Well, despite my bangs going crazy, half up and half down. I think that we both have really nice smiles in this pic :)
Next, we all piled into one vehicle and drove up a bit further to where the statue was. They would only let us take one vehicle up so we all had to squish into the van. I thought the view was beautiful before, but up here, it was breathtaking!
The view of the city from the statue of Jesus.
Oh, you know, just taking a selfie with Jesus :P
As I was standing there, taking everything in, this one line suddenly came to my mind, "You're the God of this city". God is at work in this city and I just felt this overwhelming excitement bubbling within me. It was so surreal, standing there and realizing, this is where God has called me for the next two months. There are still moments when I can't believe that I'm actually here. And it was really cool to be standing at the feet of Jesus :P
This is Doreen. She is a troublemaker. She is not afraid to openly tease you about things and it seems like when she's got an idea in her mind, that she doesn't let up on it easily. She is so sweet and funny though, so I guess I'll forgive her for making me blush in front of everyone multiple times! :P
We did a bit more exploring around the area before leaving, finding a tower type thing that you could go on top of (a bunch of us girls went up and pretended we were Rapunzel letting down our hair) as well as a Mayan temple.
Overall, it was a really fun day. I'm looking forward to going back there again with the next team, although I'm not sure if they could beat the fun that I had with this team. I honestly didn't know how well I would do at making friends with this team and though I haven't become super close with the girls, I definitely gained a new friend out of Nic :)
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| I just got this from Doreen and it's definitely my new fav pic! |
That's all for today. I'm looking forward to being back at the school painting tomorrow. Until then, buenos noches!
~ Cass Haines ~
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