Day 6

I was in charge of our teams blog tonight so I just copied it for you here: Day 6 Wednesday July 4th Hi everyone, this is Steph giving you the experience of day 6 in Ethiopia.  On our trip from the hotel to the school, I usually spend time praying and trying to prepare my heart for the time ahead. My heart was feeling very heavy this morning and I was thankful that one of our team members had some Christian music playing on his cell phone. As we sat and sang along with several songs, the following just hit deep after this experience: If faith can move the mountains Let the mountains move We come with expectation Waiting here for You, waiting here for You You're the Lord of all creation And still You know my heart The Author of Salvation You've loved us from the start Waiting here for You  With our hands lifted high in praise And it's You we adore Singing Alleluia You are everything You've promised Your faithfulness is true And we're desperate for Your presence All we need is You Feeling ready we arrived to the kids running down the streets after us like we are the biggest celebrities. Excitement oozed from these kids as they waited in anticipation for us to begin our drama about 3 faithful men in the fire. The drama was a success and we moved onto our stations. The kids rotated through red light green light, coloring page and maze paper, angel craft, and Simon says (King Neb says). At our lunch break, it began to storm.  There was a lot of anxiety around the rain and keeping the kids all inside.  Prayers were answered! The kids were great. We had fun flying paper airplanes and painting nails.  Once the rain cleared, we had a fun surprise for the kids. We wanted to share a bit of our traditions being that it is fourth of July, so we bought some fireworks.  As all the kids gathered on the steps to watch, the boys began to set off fireworks.  After the first one was successful, Ryan took off with the second one with this mischievous look in his eyes towards the kids. In complete terror the kids started screaming and running away. Thankfully it was a super tiny one that didn't go far at all. He was just so excited to show these kids up close. Our third day of VBS ended with a bang and lots of hugs! In closing I find it hard to pick and choose what to share with all of you. I find myself unable to put into words this experience. So I encourage each of you to take a step of faith and be stretched. Come on the next Ethiopia Go Team and love on these kids! They are waiting here for you!