By Ella Urquhart:
Today was our first day of teaching at the school! Our group split up into math, science, bible/art, and english stations and spent the morning teaching, talking, and playing with the kids there. It was so cool to me to see our group find ways past the language barrier in an effort to interact with these kids. After school ended, half of our group trekked up the mountain to visit the homes of some of the kids we saw at school and deliver food packs to their families, while the other half of our group stayed at the school and met with families who came from farther away to meet with us. We had the opportunity to ask these families about their lives and their faith and to pray over them. Then we went outside and played soccer, jumprope, and painted nails with some of the neighborhood kids. Today was hard but so rewarding.
From Maddie Perry:
Today was such an important and impactful day for all of us because it was our first day doing hands on mission work with the kids! These kids that we have been praying over and preparing to meet for months were finally here in front of us and it was amazing! The first thing we did though was wake up (thankfully later this time) for a class Bible study. We are currently going through 2 Timothy! Then we had some of the best pancakes ever and bacon for breakfast. We then got ready and walked over to the school next door to see the kids! The kids we were with are part of the school that Clubhouse runs. We all ran different stations with school subjects to teach them, including math, english, science, and art. The students were in grades 3rd-5th and 9th-11th. It was so cool for me to see how differently you can connect with each individual person and especially the different ages. God’s intentionality and uniqueness was shown so much to all of us today! School ended at 12:30 so then we had sandwiches and chips for lunch. After lunch, we got to do home visits! One half of the group took the prepared food bags to homes up the mountain and the other half had families come to the school building to pick them up. It was so amazing to see the joy in these families no matter what the circumstances! After that was free time, which most of us spent playing soccer with the kids, painting their nails, and just getting to know them! The day was ended with some delicious chicken, veggies, and mashed potatoes for dinner. Our team wrapped up the night with a devo time, which Alex shared his testimony and an intense and embarrassing game of “hot seat”. We are so blessed to be able to have this opportunity to meet other believers of Jesus in different parts of the world and not only make a small impact but have ourselves be impacted so greatly by them!
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