We woke up today with plenty of rest and smiling faces. As soon as we got to Christ the King we started preparing for our morning of VBS. Today’s story was about Jesus calming the storm. To act out the storm we had squirt guns and squirted the kids with them during it and they got the biggest kick out of it. For our craft we made a Jesus necklace with a finger light on it, representing that Jesus is our light. During our hangout time with the kids, a big group of us played “Little Sally Walker Walking Down the Street”. It’s where you stand in a circle and sing this song and stop in front of someone to dance when it is your turn. Everyone loved it so much, and some of the Haitians even started learning some of the words in English and they kept singing it for the rest of the day! In our small group bible study the women talked about their opinions on feeling inferior to men. We discussed cultural differences in Haiti and America and how the women can know that they are equal to men in God’s eyes and that He loves all of his children the same. In the men’s bible study we talked about mental integrity. We discussed the difference between facing temptation and facing sin and how to not let our thought life lead to causing us sin. We reviewed how important it is to guard both our hearts and our minds. Tonight in our own devotion we are continued to look at the phrase “I exist everyday to demonstrate God’s love to a broken world” and we focused specifically on “broken world”. We discussed our own brokenness and how God takes that and makes it new.
“I saw Landon just covered head to toe in sweat because one, it was so hot, but two he was outside playing non-stop with the kids. He didn’t let the heat, or being uncomfortable get in the way of giving everything he had to serve and love the kids.” -Tyler Tollefson
“Today was a really cool experience because for the first time this trip I witnessed the Haitian children trying to repeat english back to us. Instead of just speaking in Creole, they tried to mimic our words and communicate with us in english. It was amazing to see that not only we were making an effort to connect but they were reaching out as well.” -Kara Torgler
“Today I was touched by two of the little boys, Tchuko and Keadon, even though they know I am not nearly as skilled as them at soccer they always want me to be on their team and encourage me and give me hugs when I fail.” -Annie Overman
(The pictures won't upload, so I'll try to post extra tomorrow!)
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