Wednesday

Lots of pictures, fewer words:

 

This morning we made good progress on our two projects – painting the apartment and gutting the second floor of the mission building.  The dumpster arrived a bit late, but was quickly filled.  Evgeni was our second nail-in-foot casualty (Tom was the first, yesterday) – by God’s grace there is a free clinic down the road that can clean them up and give them tetanus shots.

 

After lunch, we had our third day of VBS.  Rain put a damper on our outdoor activities (soccer, basketball, frisbee, playground, etc.), but kids still came out and we got to play Monopoly, Checkers, Connect 4, Dominos, and other indoor games with them.  The theme for today was compassion, illustrated by a modern-day version of the Good Samaritan – set in the streets of Philly, with an Eagles fan getting hit by a car, and a Giants fan coming to the rescue (after he is passed by by several other Eagles fans).  The craft was origami hearts – to be given to those to whom we wanted to show compassion.  Many of the boys ended up making hearts, decorating them, and really enjoying them – quite a surprise.

 

Dinner tonight was slow-cooked turkey.  Quite good – you should have your kids cook for Thanksgiving next year (if we can get Pastor Frank to give us the recipe!).  After dinner, Pastor Frank’s son Julius came and shared with us, encouraging us to encourage each other (as he had us go around the circle and say something encouraging to someone else), pointing each other to God as we remind each other of God’s grace in our lives. 

 

Tomorrow is more work and more VBS.  It’ll be our last day with these kids – pray that they meet Jesus!

 

-Ben