Thursday, August 18, 2011

Thursday, August 18th

Today was a great day. The sun was shining and it was warmer than the other days. We got to the school at 9:15 and had 75 cute little children waiting for us. They seemed so excited to see what was in store. We all had silly “Cat in the Hat” hats on and they really enjoyed that. It seems like they don't have adults acting “goofy” very often so that is lots of fun for them.

The theme of the day was “Christ has no body” from Romans 12:5. The children were very interested in the story and the craft, finger painting, was a big hit. They got to throw homemade scarves around in games they also did fun relay races. Play-doh was so much fun for the children. They have very few things to play with and the feel of the play-doh brought lots of smiles. They molded animals, baskets and little people. Quite clever! The school's Headmaster was astonished at seeing how creative his students could be.

VBS went long and after giving lunch and having a closing (singing the Lord's Prayer in both languages) they ran off to their homesteads at 1:15.

This afternoon we stayed very busy getting all the children's handiwork and other little treats in their decorated bags......tomorrow is the last day so they will take everything home.......toothbrushes, toothpaste, decorated handkerchiefs, candy, lollipops, bookmarks and a friendship bracelet.

Tonight we are invited to dinner at St. Paul's Methodist Church. Tomorrow after the VBS we will go to two different homesteads for a visit. We bought groceries and blankets to take and we'll take the handmade aprons, girl's skirts, shoes and some clothes.

Thank you friends and family for the cards and letters that Becky shared with us last night. It brought tears and smiles to all of us. Saturday we will hit the road for a game reserve for a day and night. Sunday we travel to Bulembu. Hopefully we will be able to “blog” from there. We have had no internet access but will be eager to hear news when we do.

Love to all from the Swaziland bunch!!!

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