Day Camp for Children at Mahatthai 3

Praise the LORD! Today was perfect. No injuries...Safe Travels....excellent bonding moments....and smoothness...Thank you Jesus for being our protector and provider. I love you Lord.

Today we had our Saturday morning prayer time at 9:00am. By 10:00am we were at the field playing games with the children again (It was the same set up but with different games). They played some soccer and Frisbee. We had banana relays, a close pin tag game, water baloon shooting, Duck Duck Squirt (with water guns) and a stacking cups/plates game. My team had the most children (we were the awesome elephants with fun team spirit!)so we lost most of the relay games. However, when it came to the close pin tag game...we kicked some monkey, tiger, and fish booty! Our team had 73 close pins at the end and the others had 20-30 in the end. Can you tell?...I am so proud of my elephants. =)

We ate lunch at the field before heading over to the water park. The children had a blast. I ended up with four girls who insisted on swimming laps in the lazy river for two hours. One would say, "eek song rob" meaning two more laps. Then when we finished one lap she would up it to four! So, we just kept going till the last half hour. I could not believe swimming laps for three hours could be that exciting when there were slides and water play areas all around. But, it made these girls happy...so it was the perfect way to spend my three hours at this water park too. As I looked around I saw the children attach themselves to each of the students and staff that are here from Wisconsin. Watching them bond (even with the language barrier)was amazing. I keep watching and thanking the Lord for this team being here. I Thank Him for the new opportunities of ways to spend time with these children. There are a group of children/teens that we hardly ever see anymore that were there today. They are re-bonding with us through these fun activities and we can praise the Lord for the newly opened doors! (sorry I did not get any pictures at the water park because I was swimming those laps the entire time ;-) So just imagine this part of the day in your head!)

After the water park we came back to the office and fed the children dinner. Then we took the Wisconsin team around our neighborhood night market to buy souvenirs for their family members. It was a day in the sun and a day of smiling faces. A perfect day to remember.

Tomorrow we are going to have a normal day of Sunday Activities...until it is time to get ready for the Neighborhood block party. This party is to set up opportunities for us to get to know our neighbors and break down any walls or barriers that they may have up. So, first please pray that from the coffee house and such that others come to church tomorrow and worship with us. And then second pray for the block party. Pray for there to be a excellent turnout, all walls to come down, and relationships to blossom. God Bless you!