We were served another fantastic breakfast. Every morning we received a fresh bowl of fruit... YUMMY stuff! We were on the bus and ready to head to SEPS for the day.
The field day team gathered the standards 3-5 (grades 5-8) and took them out front to play a variety of field day type games. Now let me tell you, it literally sprinkled until we got off the bus that morning. We were concerned with what we would do if we had rain all morning. GOD was at work because as soon as we got there, the skies cleared and things "dried" up. (So humid it is hard to dry completely.) The field day team planned all sorts of activities. We left all of the supplies there so they could continue to use them in the PE activities. We brought frisbees, a parachute, bases for kick ball games, American footballs and footballs (soccer balls), gunny sacks for running relays and plastic eggs with spoons to also run relays. The students had a blast! :) The interaction amongst our members and those kids was something I can't begin to describe. Smiles EVERYWHERE!
While that was happening, Andrew and Chris were hard at work in the computer lab. They did such a great job with the setup SEPS had. I am always amazed at the things one can do to improve those old machines. :) The paint team finished up the cafeteria and put primer on the wall outside the school. Danielle started painting room numbers above the classrooms.
Windy Hill brought us another fantastic meal! Some of the kids hung around and chatted with us. Once lunch was over and the students came back to school, the children's ministry team moved into the infant 1 and 2 and the standard 1 and 2 rooms. (grades 1-4) They read bible stories from the Veggie Tales bibles we purchased for each classroom and made sun catchers. The little ones ate up all the time spent with them. They loved having our "big kids" in the rooms and hanging on them. Piggy back rides were quite popular!
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| James being a monkey bar (photo credit: Wipperfurth) |
Once we cleaned everything up, we headed back to Windy Hill in the.... (wait for it) RAIN! Yes, it started as we climbed on the bus! Crazy!!! If people don't think there is a GOD I sure wish they had been on this trip.
We had a wonderful meal and enjoyed a great session. The topic was on God's plan for our lives. It was about the "dealing" with the cards we have been dealt. There were some very deep small group discussions and lots of hugs.
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