Day 7

Day 7 Thursday July 5th Our final day of vbs started out with some amazing rain. This caused us to be all together in one building with 250 kids trying to entertain them. It was awesome! The kids were so good. Our drama skit was about the parable of the sower and it was perfect. The kids laughed at us all and really enjoyed it.  We decidede to go ahead with our craft which was making tissue paper flowers. These kids love every thing you give them to do. The boys didn't turn their noses up at it at all. They even put them in their hair. I just love these kids way of appreciation. We also did a coloring page and a maze. I never realized how hard a maze is to explain, especially with a language barrier! Of course there was singing, worship, and a lot of jumping. We are define toy getting our workouts. We climb 85 stairs up and down to our room each time, non stop jumping during worship, not to mention soccer, tag, and all other sports. If you come to Ethiopia, be ready to play hard! I ended getting an upset stomach around lunch time. So the second half of the day, I was pretty mellow. We ended our day with taking kids photos for their sponsors, jump rope, soccer, Marco pollo, and valley ball. At the end of the day we were asked to plant some trees. This ceremony was great. The respect and love for their land is amazing. Once our team each planted a tree, an older child was assigned to take care of it. These kids took it as a huge responsibility and immediately started to care for them. What a reminder! Dinner was at an Italian pizza place. I played it safe and everyone very much enjoyed their food. Great celebration to the end of our VBS. Tomorrow is home visits. Please be praying that we will be able to see past what is immediately in front of us.