The older kids put on a welcoming performance for us. Very sweet(:
This was the orphans center; where we were was about fifteen feet away.
Me working away on the blog!!
The younger kids were dressed in yellow ang green. I loved the little girl's pink hoodie
These kids were waiting to be checked for height and weight.
The older kids were wearing white and blue.The clinic team was extremely busy today. By the time the team got there, people were lined up outside and all around. It was hard for even the nurses and doctors to get inside, let alone the patients. Some patients even sat on the floor in the pharmacy, which is not very big. So the team got right into it, with barely any time to breathe. They worked their hardesr, and did a really awesome job.
The Vacation Bible School team went to Changombe Village and met with Pastor Donald Malongo. We the began to catalog the names and biographies of the children, and took their pictures for the sponsors at Green Valley Christian Church. It was full of kids whose ages ranged from four to seventeen. I checked their weights by lifting them up and estimating(because we forgot our scale), and their height by comparing them to my height of 5'9". We discovered that four children have AIDS, one child may have cancer in her left leg, and a few were coughing up blood which is a symptom of TB.
After the evaluations, we held VBS. We sang the kids songs like, "My God Is So Big", "This Little Light of Mine", and their favorite was "If You're Happy And You Know It". Cris read them a Bible story, Jesus The Good Shepherd, we gave them coloring pages and crayons, and snacks.
Lastly, we gave every one of them a shoebox gift provided by Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse.
Quick Story!
When we were passing out the shoeboxes, I gave one to a little boy who couldn't have been more than about 2'4". It was one of the large shoeboxes, meant for a child about 13. He was lugging this thing around, with both arms wrapped around it, having no idea what to do with it. It was very cute[:
Then we said Kwaheri(goodbye), it was very sad)':
We concluded our day with a home-cooked dinner at Pastor Li's house. Pastor Li and his family are from Fiji. He ministers to the Muslim community in Dodoma. This Muslim community is the largest one on the mainland.
Fun things in store for tomorrow as we head back to Dar.
God is good.
The team is great.
Special thanks to Kathy for helping me do this blog...THREE TIMES((:
Goodnight.
The Vacation Bible School team went to Changombe Village and met with Pastor Donald Malongo. We the began to catalog the names and biographies of the children, and took their pictures for the sponsors at Green Valley Christian Church. It was full of kids whose ages ranged from four to seventeen. I checked their weights by lifting them up and estimating(because we forgot our scale), and their height by comparing them to my height of 5'9". We discovered that four children have AIDS, one child may have cancer in her left leg, and a few were coughing up blood which is a symptom of TB.
After the evaluations, we held VBS. We sang the kids songs like, "My God Is So Big", "This Little Light of Mine", and their favorite was "If You're Happy And You Know It". Cris read them a Bible story, Jesus The Good Shepherd, we gave them coloring pages and crayons, and snacks.
Lastly, we gave every one of them a shoebox gift provided by Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse.
Quick Story!
When we were passing out the shoeboxes, I gave one to a little boy who couldn't have been more than about 2'4". It was one of the large shoeboxes, meant for a child about 13. He was lugging this thing around, with both arms wrapped around it, having no idea what to do with it. It was very cute[:
Then we said Kwaheri(goodbye), it was very sad)':
We concluded our day with a home-cooked dinner at Pastor Li's house. Pastor Li and his family are from Fiji. He ministers to the Muslim community in Dodoma. This Muslim community is the largest one on the mainland.
Fun things in store for tomorrow as we head back to Dar.
God is good.
The team is great.
Special thanks to Kathy for helping me do this blog...THREE TIMES((:
Goodnight.
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