Badminton/Campus Outreach/Mahatthai Service/VBS

The team from Wisconsin has split up into two teams. One for Campus ministries and one for Mercy ministries. I started the afternoon with the campus ministry. We went and played badminton with the students. Then Julie, Jane, and I went around and built relationships with the students on campus. While we were building relationships, I we invited them to our English Fair this friday. One group, had a guitar and some bongos. So, they played some songs for us. It seemed like we had good responses from the students and many seemed eager to come to the fair. After we were on campus. We went to Mahatthai and saw the service work that the team did so far. As shown in the pictures above, they re-painted the "Sala" (our place in Mahatthai), sprayed for termites (which we are so grateful for because there are eating away at the "sala" that in a few years there would be nothing left of it if they did not spray), and painted the rest of the inside (making it kid friendly). Also, the men, worked hard at a family's home. They cleared out the piles of garbage in a corner area, leveled the dirt, and started on making a roof to add to the house. Today they finished this project (I look forward to going over there and seeing it). Then I joined in the VBS. The team had the children in four groups that rotated. Each group learned about God's love for them. God created, God loves, God forgives, and God saves where the groups. They each were told a story. On the paper plates, they drew creation...including themselves. On another they made butterflies-showing how God transforms lives. At another station they had crowns with stickers-showing them that God is King and he values them so much! And the fourth station they made binoculars that are to remind them to look to God in all circumstances (and to look to the Bible for His answers). I loved watching the children draw and write so creatively on their crafts. IT was also neat to hear them repeat what they learned in the other groups. Dave said, one child said "I am created in God's image" and it was encouraging to hear them take and remember what they were told even as they were rotating. So, together we can pray that what these children learned about the Lord, sticks in their brains and in their hearts.

Today the teams were busy at work again with many service projects and another VBS in Mahatthai 1. I spent the day in preparation mode for the rest of the week. Today, I soaked in John 15:1-17 and thought of a craft for Joy Kids on Saturday. I have half of the craft prepared and will have to finish the second half these next two days. I also spent time on my teaching English Testimony...which I will be giving tomorrow. So please pray that God's work is revealed in this testimony. I also prepared for my English Class tonight. Then I taught my English Class. IT was a good, productive day!

Tomorrow I will give my testimony, prepare for my class and work on the crafts. We will also be going on campus to hand out fliers for Friday's English Fair and invite people to come to our coffee house this evening. I will not be in attendance at the coffee house because I teach a class at the same time. Then on Thursday, we will be at Mahatthai working on Service Projects for the afternoon and then having the English Fair Friday Evening. So, please pray for the people to desire to come to the coffee house and English Fair. Pray for relationships to be built too. Also pray for the service project. That we will stay hydrated in the heat and be a light to all of the residence in Mahatthai as we serve them with love. I will post in a couple days! God Bless You and thank you for being a prayer warrior for the team. WE can feel your prayers!