The End of the Beginning

The title is truly what it feels like.  I will say, I am not able to fully express what I have felt being on this trip in one post.  It will be in the stories I tell, in the memories I have years down the road, and the excitement I feel being back home and having Africa pop into my head at seemingly the most obsolete time.

Africa has always been a dream of mine. From the moment I saw the work being done here through a video in 4th grade, I have wanted to be a part of it.  Now I have.

What can I say about it?  What was my favorite part?  What will I remember/miss the most?

These are going to be questions I have for the next months ahead of me.  Is it smart to prepare an answer so that I don't sit there dumbfounded when people ask me and I try to summarize three incredible weeks into 3 minutes?  Maybe.  However, I will have something different every day.  There wasn't just ONE experience that sticks out that was the best day.  There wasn't just ONE day that I went to bed and said, my life is changed.  But coming here three weeks ago, I am not leaving the same person today.  My mindset about things is different.  My appreciation for family, culture, faith, community....they are different.

Will I still probably provide those three minutes because many people who ask how it went will ask out of habit and maybe don't want the three hour description?  Probably.

And this is what I would say,

Being in Africa was something I will never forget.  The children, the mission, the teaching, will be with me forever.  I am more excited than ever that I have decided to become a teacher and I cannot wait to associate some of the things I have done here and learned here into my future classroom.  A memory that will always stick out in my mind is pulling up to the churches and the children screaming and jumping up and down, sometimes jumping into the open bed truck...! and so eager to learn.  What we are teaching them isn't just a story.  It is the story of God's love, and I got to teach that saving message to 1686 children these last two weeks. We are all one church body.  We have different cultures, different skin tones, different ways of life, but we are all one body of Christ, all working together and making each other function.  We can hold each other up and we can build each other up. They realize when we get there that the best thing we can give them is not money, but the promise of eternity in heaven.

My prayer as I leave Malawi, Africa,

Dear God,

"Thank you, first of all for the opportunity in the past couple weeks to be able to periodically think to myself, "Am I really in Africa?"  I thank you for the strength to come and share something I love and to grow in my faith with you.  I thank you for safe travels and keeping us all healthy on our trip!  I pray you use what we did here to strengthen the faith of those children and church members who are here and continue to be in the word even while we are not here.  I pray for the boldness of speech as I come home so I may efficiently describe what I have done here and describe how you are working in all those we worked with.  I thank you for the time with wonderful new friends and for the time of relaxation.  Finally, I pray, Lord use me.  Send me to do your work, use me to share what I have done here that may lead to them wanting to come share their faith as well.  Use me to continue to pray for those little ones here who have just heard about your love for us."

Amen

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List of "Thanks":

Thank you to all the donors who have made this trip possible for me.  Asking for money is not something i am comfortable with, and you all were so generous and gracious.

To my parents who have encouraged me, since I was that 4th grade girl watching that video, to go on mission trips and share my faith.

To friends, thank you for being so supportive.  Driving me to the airport, picking me up, buying me caribou and leaving notes and pictures for me to find in my bag... I love you and thank you so much!

To the Felgenhauer Family for being so flexible with our group, taking us to see so many great places, countless hours in the car, and the support while we were doing VBS at the churches.  You have such a wonderful opportunity here in Malawi!

To the group I went with, you guys were awesome.  This trip would not have been the same without you and I look forward to reminiscing about this trip in the days, weeks, months ahead.  Probably at 4 in the morning when none of us can sleep.... :)

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TIME TO JOURNEY HOME!
Goodbye Malawi, Hello America.

The Final Days

Yesterday and Today have been our two set "off" days.  We finished up our VBS on Wednesday.  As I mentioned in my previous post.  I had not set an alarm for the first time in a couple weeks.  So we were all SO excited we could sleep in.  So naturally...we all woke up at about 6:30/7.  Normally how it goes right.  Anyway, after we decided to get moving we all blared music in the house, and packed.  Figuring out what fits where, seeing if it weighs more than it is supposed to.  Also learned that 23 kg is equal to 50 lbs. Never would have remembered about the conversion...we all got majority of the way packed except with our stuff we were using the next couple days.  Then we put in the french toast bake we had made the night before, and ate and had coffee outside on our beautiful morning. 

I actually have a lot of room in my bag, i was impressed.  We went to a tea estate (which literally looks like a vineyard but its MASSIVE.)  It was so pretty.  So we got there and did tea tasting.  It was very unique.  I'm not really a tea drinker, but it was cool to see and try and learn how everything works.  Then we went to this little place that is straight out of a book.   It had like stone archways and flowers and vines and the rooms are like these quaint little rooms with giant canopy beds overlooking a fountain outside with lights on the trees.   It was perfect.  Like I said, I have picture and video of it, but it was so cool.  So there we got tea and cake and scones which were really good.  Then we just sat outside and actually met a group from Chicago.  Such a small world.  We were there all afternoon then came home and grilled burgers and made some other stuff and ate.  Then played banana grams awhile then everyone went to bed.  Melissa and I watched Friends a little while, then we went to bed. 

Today we went to Majete National Park.  It is about 45 minutes away and then you drive on a dirt road for a while and then drive and look at the animals. There is also a dam in the park that we were able to see.  It was such a beautiful day so it was great to be outside. The pictures of the dam don't do justice as to how huge it was.  We were able to see Elephants, Hippos, Impala, Waterbuck, Nyala, Baboons, and Sabel.  It was such a great time.  The Elephant were huge and we were surrounded by a great big group of them so they were walking around our car.  A little terrifying when they walked towards the car but it was exhilarating!  Then we did see a Hippo in the water which was fun.  It didnt come up much but it was still cool to see one up close. The other animals we saw many of all around us throughout the park.  Now, no safari is complete without a little glitch.  So we got a flat tire....and luckily no animals came at the point we were out of the car :) I make it sound more dangerous than it was....in the 45 minutes we were there, we truly didn't even see as much as a bug.  We were in the deeper part of the park.  

That's it for these two days! Off to bed and we fly out tomorrow! 

Tea tasting

Outside the Tea Estate

Outside the Tea Estate

Outside the Tea Estate

Our Scones and Chocolate Cake.  It was delicious!

Dam at Majete National Park

Elephants

This was how close we were

We did see more than these three.
They just happened to be easy to photograph

Document of the flat tire.

Beautiful sunset on our last night in Africa. 

Njo! Njo! Njo! Mwa Yesu Muli Chimwemwe Aleluya

Njo! Njo! Njo! Mwa Yesu Muli Chimwemwe Aleluya (Joy, Joy, Joy, in Jesus There Is Happiness)

This was one of our groups favorite songs to hear the children do in Chichewa.  

Day 1 of VBS - 
After VBS we ran some errands and went to a place of someone they know who does beading.  They make animals and stuff out of beads and wire, jewelry, and all sorts of stuff.  It was a really incredible place to get to see.  This person in charge brings in kids off the street and offers them a place to stay and asks them to work to make these things and it pays for them to stay there, eat, etc.  It was really cool thing to supporta nd we got to watch the kids make a couple things.  Then we got home and talked to our neighbors (neighbors here are gardeners and gate keepers and such.  So foreign to us.) and they are really sweet.  The wife and the daughter were leaving the next day for a conference so we wouldn't see them anymore so we were talking with them. We were talking to Grem (the neighbor) and asked him if they had any family pictures or pictures of Naomi (their daughter) and he said no.  None of us could imagine them not having a picture of their family or their daughter at their house, so we asked if we could take a family picture and have it developed and give to them.  So we took those pictures that night.  (Step into the future....we gave them to him and he loved them :) )

VBS this week I decided to group into the three days we did it.  The church name was Chisomo (a village about 45 minutes away).  The first day VBS went great.  It was such a beautiful day out.  We got to ride in the back of the pickup truck there so it woke us up.   This is so nice since the other days its been hard to stay awake on the hour to hour and a half drive every morning and afternoon.  So thankful for field managers who are willing to drive all over!  At the beginning we only had 50 and by the end we had 130.  I couldn't believe how many people came in throughout the couple hours.  The church is beautiful.  It is such a fun location.  The president of Malawi was driving through town today (I did actually see her) so they said that's why their numbers were so low.  So many people were out on the streets to see her and she was stopping only a couple miles from where the church was.  This church had done VBS there before so they seemed really well organized.  The kids were really interactive and the pastor was great at getting involved and helping out, too.  It went very smoothly for a first day!

Then we had reservations at a restaurant here called Grill 21.  I think I have mentioned it before, but I don't know if I explained it.  If so...disregard the next part. It is run by Europeans and the food and atmosphere is incredible.  Everyone goes there dressed in a suit and tie.  You can tell it is the business place to go.  It is a 5 star restaurant and hotel and the grounds are just gorgeous.  (Way more fancy than I have ever been in. I'm not made for classy places :))  We went out to eat there last week for a meal and we all had like steak and stuff and the whole meal for steak, potatoes, salad, bread, and vegetables was like 15 a person.  Its unreal.  Then outside there is seating and a courtyard and lit up palm trees and its just literally out of a book.  Its awesome.  So we went there for appetizers and dessert which was awesome, walked around the courtyard a little bit, then walked home. 

 I took my Religion Final when we got back so I am officially done with class for three weeks.  I can't believe school starts so soon. But a couple week break with the free time and my nanny kids when I get home will be great :)

Something I have learned along the way - 

This may be true with other traveling as well, but I have not traveled for longer than two weeks without family members or close friends that I had known previously to going on a trip.  So I did not know what to expect. I have always been independent so I never worried about being away.  I also LOVE to travel.  There comes a point though that it is hard to be away, and i'm sure the point comes at different times for everyone depending how long the duration of their trip is. For myself, the beginning of the second week was probably the hardest to be away.  I was transitioning into a different routine.  You still are dealing with a little jetlag.  You are still learning the people around you and not trying to be so attached to everyone at home you want to tell everything to.  A couple days ago I had broken past the point of it being hard and there were things I started to love here and things I would look forward to every day.  It is such a cool feeling and there are definitely things I am going to miss about here.  Truly the most exciting thing about coming back to America is going to be.....APPLES.  Apples are SO expensive here and I haven't had one in 3 weeks.  

Fact:  I eat AT LEAST 2 apples a day no matter what. It has been rough. 

VBS Day 2 - 

Tuesday's VBS was like 50 that morning it was FREEZING.  But it went well.  We taught the story of Philip and sharing the good news.  This congregation has a lot of kids that understand English so I got many of the kids coming up to me and you can tell they are trying to practice their English because it will be very specific language and questions.  It was such a blast.  The kids love love LOVE singing and crafts.  They love being able to stand up and dance and learn new stuff, and they love being about to color (something they aren't normally accustomed to).  One thing I love about these kids is they are SO eager to learn.  Kids like this are why I wanted to become a teacher.  I love the excitement they have and the joy on their face when they answer a question correctly.  These kids treat us like celebrities.  They chase our car when we drive into the village and wave us down.  They look up to us for what we are doing and it makes them excited to hear what we are talking about. Such a cool thing to think about. 

Then we ran a million errands around town but got a lot done.  We met a missionary here who is from the states but has lived her 27 years and we all talked to him.  He knew many people in the WELS and was able to easily associate many of us to someone or something.  He knew my Uncle Paul, who passed away a couple years ago now, and had such wonderful things to say about him.  It is always so fun to hear such great things about him, he truly was an incredible man with such a big heart and love for his Lord! Then he left and we made dinner and made a couple batches of cinnamon rolls for us and for our neighbors and our field managers.  That has been like our staple....Then we got some stuff ready for the next group coming after us.  Got the field managers gift ready.  Got stuff organized.  It was a very busy day. 

Almost done I promise! Now that I am writing this I understand why I probably should have written after each day.  This week was busy! Sorry :)

VBS Day 3 -

FINAL DAY! Wow.  Seems weird that after 11 straight days to the village I am not setting my alarm tonight.  I will not go into detail about the impact this trip has had on me, that will be my final post.  However, today.  I will say that I am overwhelmed in my love and faith for the Lord, and I feel truly blessed!  Such an incredible experience and I loved every second.  Yes, Even the seconds when power and water were out :)

After VBS today we got some more things done around town that we wanted to do and see, and then went to our field managers house for a Malawian dinner.  It was very interesting.  We started out washing our hands over a bowl with a pitcher of water, scooped up our food, and ate with our hands.  I even felt myself reach for my non-existant fork at one point.  It was hilarious.  It was a lot of fun and actually tasted pretty good.  I am not picky, but I thought it was good.  I would not be able to have too much though, it was so dense and so filling!

Praise to the Lord for blessing 1648 children through our work in Malawi, Africa these last two weeks! 

"“Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent."

Acts 18:9

The Wonder of God

The conclusion to another VBS has come and gone and there is both feelings of excitement and sadness in leaving the children.

Yesterday we concluded our second location for VBS.  The total count on the final day was 250! The Lord truly provides.  The experience we have gained through these two churches has been incredible.  I was blessed to be able to have the opportunity to teach the kids music this week.  African tradition of songs and American songs we teach are so different.  We do not typically dance, sway, etc. Needless to say, our songs were a little bland for them.  However, they LOVED being able to share some of their songs and they were so proud to have learned some English songs as well.  The kids were able to sing their songs they learned this week in church today in front of the congregation.

After VBS we got back and had some errands to run.  We went into town and walked around a couple of the local markets and went to the grocery store. We came home and got some stuff ready for VBS this week, planned our meals for the week and got a rough idea planned out for things we want to get in this week before we leave.  I can't believe we leave in less than a week!  We also made cookies and learned the "Cups" song last night. No....it wasn't recorded.

Today was incredible.  It is 9pm here and we are all drained!  We got up early and headed to church in the villiage where we were teaching this week. Church was as great as last week, complete with many many songs and dances.  (Videos when I get home)  After church we ventured to a place called "Mulanje's Pepper" where we got brick oven pizza which was amazing! From there we rode into the back of the pickup truck through the mountains and went to Mount Mulanje.  It was beautiful and it was such a gorgeous day to be outside!  There was an area at the bottom of the mountain that was a rock pool that you could swim around the rocks at the bottom of the waterfall.  Melissa and I went with Stephan and took the hike up the mountain to the waterfall.  Words don't describe so pictures are at the bottom. Most amazing part...I jumped from the top of the waterfall and got to jump into the water at the bottom.  It was FREEZING. It literally took my breath away.  But it was truly one of the most exhilarating things I have ever done. Then we climbed back down and went to the rock pool area.  It was so serene and beautiful.  I could stay there all day :)  We headed home and stopped in an area that had tea fields (truly as common as corn fields in Wisconsin) and mountains in the back.  Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!  Such beautiful things to see!  We got home and are all exhausted.

Time for Bed! First day of the last place of VBS tomorrow! It's going so fast!

This little girl came with me everywhere :)

Teaching the kids a song.

Dancing with the kids during music time

I Spy, Erin!

Before the jump....

The jump!

After the jump!

I fell in love with this view!

In the middle of tea fields below the mountain!

We are definitely American...

Top 20 Reasons "We Are Definitely American"

1. We pay and run
2.  We require a sign and door for our bathroom with toilet paper
3.  We expect running, warm water
4.  We expect lights to turn on when we flip the switch
5.  The art of dining is lost; we are rushed out in order to make room for the next reservation, we would be asked to leave if we stayed at the table and talked
6. We get into the "driver's" side in order to be a passenger
7.  We don't drink coffee at 9pm unless there is a legitimate reason
8.  Fast food is fast, not off the street
9.  Traveler's mugs are a must, we don't sit and dine  
10.  We most often buy fruits and vegetables from the store
11.  Fresh bread is not available only at the hours of 5am and 1pm
12.  Disposable things are readily available
13.  We assume houses have air conditioning and heat
14.  When we order chips, we mean chips, not French Fries.  "Crisps" come in a Lays bag.  
15.  We use bags, not our heads to carry things
16.  We use Starbucks for tea, not a tea cutter and basket
17.  When we see a gravel road we avoid it, not say "Game on!"
18.  Airport security is not a man "people watching" at a laptop screen and checking the security camera every other minute.  
19.  We expect fences at the zoo, not pathways to where they step on you.
20.  We don't expect a man to run to the gate to let us in and greet us every time we come home.  

Man I love things I have learned about Africa so far! What a fun culture.  One that definitely takes getting used to, but one that I LOVE things about!

VBS is always hard on a first day.  It doesn't seem as smooth, things are getting worked over, trying to work on crowd control in a smaller building since it was raining out, etc.  It was a great first day in the sense that we got to teach the story of the Good Samaritan to 110 children and they were able to hear God's Word.  Sometimes, the logistics around that don't always matter.  It still is amazing to me that majority of them do not even know what a crayon is so we physically have to show them how to color.  Makes you think about everything we have.  We went to the wood carving place today and got to see how everything was made.  It was amazing.  I took some videos but those don't upload from here so I will attach them later when I get home. We also went to the disability shelter that the woodcarving place supports. It's incredible.  The kids are funded from housing, food, schooling, transportation....Everything.   The work going on there is so cool.  They are working on expansion and have other locations they are looking to get information from as well.  It is such a growing mission and it was so cool to see.  We finished off last night with some "Friends" as we went to sleep.  It was a very relaxing evening.

VBS went great today.  It ran so much smoother, the sun was out and we were able to be outside and the kids were loving it.  There was so much energy and we increased 80 kids from the day before! Word of mouth here is incredible.  The songs were a lot of fun and the leaders were getting into it as well.  We noticed there were two children who laughed every time we spoke and we couldn't understand why.  We came to realize that they knew English and thought everything we said was hilarious.  They were so cute and would converse with us the rest of the day.  After VBS we went out for a small lunch at a cafe in town.  Walked to the grocery store to get some food.  We went over and met our neighbors next door who are also missionaries.  They are with a group called S.I.M  They have missionaries coming throughout the year that do various things in Malawi for mission work.  Many of them come on their "gap" year from Germany or surrounding countries.  The girl we met today was really nice, however she leaves tomorrow.  Disappointing.  But she had been here 11 months and was heading back to Germany in the morning to start college as a nursing student.  Then we went out to a fabulous Italian restaurant, came home and finished with some work for tomorrow, made homemade pretzels, and we are one by one turning in for the night.  

Goodnight from "The Warm Heart of Africa!"

Children with their projects.  Loving the camera

Church Number 2, Day 2

This little one would not let go of my hand all day!

All smiles from, Edward.  We call him "Smiles"

Until We Meet Again

I will be the first to say...I hate goodbyes.  With my family living in three different time zones they happen often, and I am not good at them.  I am not a "crier" and I am not typically affected in that way.  I am easily touched and as much as I don't like to admit it, I am very sentimental just not emotional.

This week has been a lot of goodbyes.  We have said goodbye to water as there was a pipe that burst in town and were out of water for three days.  We became very creative and basically just treated it like we were camping.  We say goodbye to our power at some point throughout the night every day.  That is a common occurrence here.  We have become good at that and truly don't even think twice about it anymore.  Someone gets the candles, someone turns on the emergency light and we are set to go.  Today also was our day to say "goodbye" to our first VBS group.

Yesterday we had about 240 people and it went great.  We did a lot of songs with them, they could sing for hours.  Then we did a craft and the story. (Pictures at the bottom)  It is fun to see how excited all the kids are when they are there.  I won't lie, it is really hard with the language barrier.  I am very much a person that loves to interact with the kids and goof around and be playful with them.  This is hard to do.  You have to talk to them in phrases, many that I have asked translators and then I am able to communicate with them slightly.  When you are able to do that they light up and are so excited.  Normally after they laugh and process that I am actually speaking to them in their language.   Some boys were complaining because I didn't take their picture so they told a translator that they wanted me to come over and look at their projects and take pictures of them.  It was so funny.  It has been great.

After we got back we relaxed a later then went to the field managers house and played games, had snacks, had a devotion, and sat around the fire and talked about our first week in Malawi.  We discussed how things were going, good, bad, etc.  It was nice.  We got home and went to the grocery store and got bread dough (they sell already made ((and rising!!) bread dough, this was so fun for us and we look forward to using it with other things in the future.  The "and rising" is because we set it in the fridge and it doubled in size QUICKLY.) and used that for homemade pizzas and we made cinnamon rolls with them as well.  They were both amazing. We have become quite the chefs while being here!  Then we watched a movie and headed to bed.  

Today VBS was similar. We had 250 children.  Since it was raining outside we kept every group together which was actually really great to be able to tag team and help out other groups as well.  The kids were so fun since they were getting more comfortable around us and it was so fun to see them interact with us.  Some will just talk and talk and they know you have no idea what they are saying.  There was a group of men that helped out as translators and crowd control (good thing with 250 children!) that put together a "Thank You" song for us before we left.  It was incredible.  There were also women that helped us with crafts as well and they all gave us hugs as we left.  It is such a blessing to be able to say "God be with you until we meet again."   One of the songs they kids sang to us as we left, obviously in Chichewa, was saying, "We do not know you, but since we believe in the same God, we do know you and we will see you again."  The meaning of these words starts hitting closer to home when you are saying Goodbye to people you have started to form relationships with, despite the language barrier and it only being three days.  Such a cool experience already and I am looking forward to starting the next church in the morning.

After our VBS we went a couple places around town and got to see a couple shops that have African made art, furniture, jewelry, etc.  The talent here is wonderful!  When we got home we all crashed after a long day and took naps.  We also went out to dinner tonight to a place called "Grill 21".  We were all saying we hadn't been to that nice of a restaurant in the States.  It was beautiful! It was the spot for tourists and business people we noticed.  We had a wonderful dinner and then walked home and finished with some prep work for tomorrow.

May God continue to bless the work being done in Malawi and at home!

The sweetest boys!

Organized chaos of tying string

Kids with their crafts.

So proud of their work. 

These were the boys who wanted their picture taken

Flexibility, Flexibility, Flexibility

Day 1 - Check!

It is hard to know where to start.  If you have done a Vacation Bible School in the states, there are so many things you could compare it to.  I laughed at my dad when we were discussing it, "How many kids were there?", "How did you advertise?", "Did you get to talk to lots of the kids?", "How was it different from the USA Vacation Bible School?"  Such pastoral questions.  The thing is, the traditional American Vacation Bible School is thrown out the window and we start from scratch.  It was a discussion we had while leaving the village today that is an interesting thought to keep in mind while I share our day with you today.  We discussed that in America, we are often trying to develop a faith. They have the seed planted from early on, we teach the stories they may or may not have heard before, but we are establishing that seed and helping it grow.  The difference here is that we are the ones planting that seed, and we are doing it in a completely different language and format than they are used to.  Our group definitely learned to do things on the fly and figure out things on the go. 

VBS was split into three different groups.  Singing, crafts, and the story. The story obviously plays into the other couple stations and all are fed off of each other.  After a station, they rotate and go to the next station, etc.  Everything is worked through with translators.  I was in the craft station today.  Majority to none of them know English so even small things like good job, do you need help, different color was all foreign to them.  Also, many of them do not know what a crayon is or what it done.  We physically had to hold a crayon to the piece of paper to show them that it colored and made their white paper colorful.  It was very very basic.  Also amazing to me was that we handed out one crayon to each child.  We explained to them that they could switch crayons with their friends to get more color.  They shared AMAZINGLY well.  They would switch with each other and were so happy just to be able to color.  Again, the incredible simplicity of it all.  It was such a blessing to know that we were there teaching 175 children about the Savior, and the same Savior we teach about all the way across the world.  There were about 175 children today and the pastor said to expect more tomorrow since people will tell their friends and more will come.  

Music stations are hard with a language barrier. Not are you only dealing with language, but also melodies.  American melodies and African melodies....not even remotely close.  Rhythm was slightly thrown out the window.  But the kids enjoyed learning something new and it was great to get them to experience something new.  

The story today was The Good Samaritan and the story was told sentence by sentence, and then translated into their language.  We had comprehension questions at the end. Since of the language, it is hard to understand what is going on all the time.  But it is so cool at the end when you are doing questions and they are all so excited about what they are doing, they are all excited to answer questions, and when they get them right it is such a neat feeling to feel that you instilled that in them, despite the differences and that we maybe feel like we are struggling or not doing as well as we could be.  

If some of you really do want to know the answer to some of my dads questions.  

-There were 175 children.  

-Advertising is not something that happens here.  It is word of mouth through the village, or they see a person driving a car, follow it, show up and see they get to do crafts and sing.  This is why they expect more people tomorrow since the children will tell their friends and other people they see.

-Talking to the kids was difficult. They do not know much, if any, English.  I did ask the translator simple phrases and was able to tell the children, "good job", "do you need help", "different color?", "cross", "heart", etc.  This was so great and the kids were much more comfortable when you were speaking with them in a language that was familiar to them.  Even if it was basic.  

Overall, it was a great day of VBS and i'm excited to see  how it goes again tomorrow!

Children listening to devotion at the beginning of VBS

Our booklet we colored today.  We put a Cross and Heart in the middle for Jesus' Love
1 John 4:19, "We love because He first loved us."

Told you they were into the coloring!

These boys told the translator they were disappointed we were not taking more pictures.
They were so proud of their work!

Half the group showing their finished booklets.