On the Fly

First day of Day Camp done.  Wildly (and I mean wildly) successful day, due to the phenomenal flexibility of this fabulous Team :).

Despite all our well laid out plans to
a) Have everything ready to take over to the school and
b) Arrive in plenty of time to do set up and be ready for registration

We instead
a) Left an entire suitcase and carry bag of Day Camp supplies back at Hot Springs (more accurately, I did) and
b) Didn't arrive until 10 minutes before start time, when the children were already in the room waiting for us (this one's on Suradet ;).

However, God was there and answering all your prayers, so we did just fine in spite of ourselves.

It was great to see some familiar faces from last year's Day Camp.  (2014 Team, do you remember the boy who's nickname is Baseball, and the other tall boy who's nickname is Name?  We're not kidding). Sang the Alphabet song in a variety of crazy ways.  Reinforced simple English phrases for introducing yourself, and simple hospitality.  Reviewed the days of the week and the months of the year.  Went on a Lion Hunt (of course we did!) and jumped around like crazy people to "Your Everlasting Love" (of course we did).  And it was all a happy mayhem of joy and fun and hopefully some learning of basic English concepts.

Today we introduced the idea that we all need a rescuer to help us with the problem that we all do wrong.  My cups-on-hands illustration didn't exactly work out the way I wanted, because my ninja volunteer figured out how to use his mouth to get those full cups down to the floor.  Clever guy.  Forgot to say, "can't use your hands".  But oh well.  Tomorrow it's Christmas!  God's rescue plan begins.

For tomorrow, I think we're a little more ready, but who knows.  We're making friends and making memories and we'll see what God wants to do with what we've brought, both in our suitcases in in our hearts, to share with these beautiful children.

Sorry I can't post pictures today.  Hopefully tomorrow.  We have better connectivity, but still having some challenges between Hot Springs and the Guest House when it comes to transferring things off my phone to the blog. 

We all miss all of you, and continue to be so very grateful for all your prayers and support.