Today we had an early wake up so we could get a good start on the days activities.
First thing in the morning one group went to a feeding with some of the American students from Taylor University; who are staying at the mission centre with us while they spend time teaching at local schools. While this was going on the rest of the group went on a tour of the community with Jeff's wife Colleen; it was amazing to see completed building projects from groups that have visited in previous years and to see the positive impact they have had on the community.
After the tour we made our way to the children's home to begin construction. The two projects we worked on today were the Early Learning Centre and refurbishing the playground. We were really impressed at how the team banded together to start building three of the walls for the learning centre and dig a trench. The playground swings and jungle gym were cleaned and freshly painted. We also spent some time painting the home itself. We completed our tasks while children from the home watched us and showed their appreciation with thumbs up and words of encouragement.
After lunch we continued with our projects and a small group spent the afternoon doing swimming lessons with children from the home. We began our swimming session with children from the nursery. They were absolutely delighted to get in the water and the air was filled their squeals of joy and laughter.
Our evenings activities involved a small group of girls visiting Josies' Angels Home and devotions with the children at the children's home. Aleisha, Megan, Hanna and Ash went to the Angels home and were able to take a tour and meet the beautiful girls that live there. It was a time of devotion where Megan lead the girls in a song and Aleisha shared her personal testimony with the girls.
At the children's home the children performed some songs for us before one of our amazing groups then led us in some worship songs and performed a story for the children. We then had some time to just be with the kids, a highlight for me was seeing some of the children playing on the freshly refurbished playground.
We are all pumped and ready for a big day tomorrow #letsmakesomemagic
Love Jess and Liesh
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Sure it was great to see the kids enjoy something you had worked hard on.
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