Now for the Hard Work

Today was a day full of the Lord's work being done and it was amazing. We helped with devotions at the Compassion project again today and spent a larger part of the afternoon hanging out with them. Chelsie gave us an amazing sermon on Proverbs 9 and wisdom before splitting the boys and girls up into smaller groups. In the small groups we talked to the older kids about purity and how to avoid sins of the flesh as well as the sins of the mind. We felt that God spoke through us so that we could reach these kids. They had few questions, but let's just hope that is because they understood it so well!

After the talks, we played sports with the kids until lunch time. Then following lunch we got down to the tough work. Mari, Monica, and I finished the last of the painting of the baptismal and it looks fantastic! Hopefully we will have some pictures to show you tomorrow! Meanwhile the boys worked hard digging up the field so that we could level it for a volleyball court. We joined them after, helping with raking, crushing rocks, and actually leveling and spreading the dirt. It definitely looks a lot better than it did and we are so happy to give them a safe, level place for them to volleyball.

While all this was going on we were making a large effort to hang out with the older girls. It was brought to our attention that they may need more of our focus since we had been hanging out more with the small children. While the boys did some of the harder work, we had a blast spending time with the girls. There was prayer, dancing, laughter, and so much more.

We stopped for a dinner break and then Tim, Cris, and our friend King led a worship night for the older kids. We went out to the outdoor sanctuary which overlooks the beautiful African scenery and sang praises to God for an hour. It was so wonderful to worship God with those kids, and they were happy to have that experience with us as well. Then to top it all off, we had popcorn and a movie night in the living room of the James' house. We watched The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry and it was a great movie about kids trying to understand how to live a life for Christ. Overall, the day was pretty exhausting and there was a lot of hard work and accomplishments both physically and spiritually, but it was SO worth it.