Tuesday was bound to be a busy day since we had an afternoon session scheduled (at 2, if I'm remembering correctly). We had the typical morning session, only today we taught them about the Han people of China. One of my favorite moments of the morning was watching the kids eat goldfish with chopsticks for their snack. I must admit, most of them were pretty good.
As soon as the morning session was over, it was time for a little last-minute scavenger hunt planning between myself and two other team members. We literally put the thing together in about an hour. The theme was All-American Afternoon so a scavenger hunt was perfect. We decided to use some of the extra t-shirts we had, pin a note to them, and then hide the shirts. When the kids found each shirt, they had to read the note and then do what it said for a picture. The kids had a great time. Since I was partially in charge of the hunt, I had to run along with each of the three groups that we had. Only problem: my foot was still hurting. Nevertheless, I braved the pain and ran along for the sake of the kids. They quickly got into the competitive spirit and we all had fun. Besides, how else do you get kids to do silly things and take pictures?
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| Lie on the ground in a line |
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| Hands on your hips |
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| Do the crab walk |
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| Switch shoes with another person |
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| Do 10 push-ups |
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| Sunset over Croatian coastline |
Oh, and a rare moment from the morning:
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| Facing forward, quiet, listening to the story. A rare moment, indeed. |
Exhausted from a busyTuesday, we knew Wednesday was going to be a longer, busier day. We did the normal morning routine, today teaching the kids about the Fulani people of Africa (I don't remember which country...). The craft for today was masks!
Wednesday afternoon much of the team met up and put together missionary gift bags of treats we had brought over from the U.S. We took them mostly food items of things that they can't get where they live, like ranch dressing mix, taco seasoning, mac & cheese, cake mix, pudding mix, etc. We also put the class pictures into frames for the kids to decorate the following day. We had a quick break after we finished, then had dinner and prepped for our second movie night that night. This time we showed Cars, along with a little skit interspersed in the movie to add more of a "message" to it. The kids loved it! By that night, I couldn't even sit down without feeling like I was going to fall asleep, so I became the unofficial bathroom runner with the kids.
And here's the view from my room's balcony that afternoon:
Thursday was our last day with the kids. We had the typical morning session again and this was my day to teach about the Khamba people of Tibet. I don't have any pictures from the day. I think I was a) beyond tired by this point and b) was teaching, so I had more up-front time and less time to take pictures. Thursday afternoon we had a closing program for the parents and we showed them a little bit of what we had done that week. After they said their thanks and we said our good-byes, we still had one last event to put on: one last movie night. It might seem like we should have been finished after a "closing program," but that's just the way it worked out in the schedule. Our last movie night was Toy Story 3, again with a skit, which the kids also enjoyed. There were many hugs and tearful good-byes that night as we parted ways with the kids one more time. After the movie night, we had to finish cleaning up and packing our stuff. Thankfully we had most everything already cleaned up before the afternoon program since we had to turn multiple rooms into one big room, so the clean-up that night was relatively simple. We were still exhausted, though, so it felt like a lot!
If you are still reading, good job hanging in there. Still three more days to fill you in on...stay tuned!
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