Day 3 (at the ophanage) Recap!

Yesterday was our 3rd day at the orphanage and we dug in deeper to our theme for the week (Covenant) by teaching about Faith and Trust.

We started off the morning with our normal routine of praising God through songs.  These kids love to sing!  And I'm not talking about just kind of humming and mouthing the words so that it looks like they're singing.  I'm talking about being able to see the veins popping out of their foreheads and necks kind of singing.  Love their energy and passion for the Lord.

Team "Not-A" was in charge of the lesson for today and shined more light on the story of Noah and his patience, trust, and faith in God.  We then asked the kids to right down what they are currently "waiting on God for."  We collected their prayers (that they wrote down on strips of colorful construction paper so we can later make a rainbow out of them) and we're going to have them translated into English for us so we can specifically pray for them later in the week :)

We continued our lesson with the story of David & Goliath and how David had faith in the Lord.  By having such strong faith he was able to defeat the mighty giant with just a sling and a stone.  We acted out the story (which we will have to post a video of later) and it was soo funny.  The kids loved it.  After the story, we passed out half-dollar sized stones that had crosses on them to represent the stone that David used to kill Goliath.  Hopefully they will keep it with them and always remember to trust in God.

We headed back to the orphanage after lunch for more activities to support our lesson for the day (trust / faith).  First up - trust falls.  The kids LOVED doing this!  We'll have some great pictures to share of their faces as they fall backwards. ha!

Next we played a game that doesn't really have a name, but here's how it works:  We put cones all over the floor and blindfold one of the children.  One other kid then directs the blindfolded one through the obstacle course.  There are certain place where the blindfolded has to pick up candy along the way all while the rest of the kids are shouting out directions too (the other kids shouting is not part of the game, but it naturally happens).  Sometimes it hard to hear the voice of the true director amongst the distracting ones.  Does that sound familiar?

We broke for dinner and then headed back again for MOVIE NIGHT!  The kiddos absolutely LOVE movie night!  It's hard not to get excited about Monsters Inc, popcorn, candy, Coke, and glow sticks.  It's probably more fun watching the kids watch the movie, and we enjoyed every minute of it.

We've got another awesome day planned for the kids today!  Team Rainbow Squadron... unite!

God is so good,
Mike