First things first, the kids were given a placement test for us to gauge their English level. After that, they were led to the sanctuary to join Mrs. Huang and the other kids who had also completed their placement tests. 'Twas the time for games~ yay!
Around 9AM, Elene and Inez taught and led four new singspiration songs to the kiddos. They seemed to pay particular attention during "It's about L-O-V-E, LOVE."
Elene laoshi then taught them a lesson relating God's love and the heart. Afterwards was memory verse and drama llama time (the Creation). Through the memory verse segment, in which we went over Psalm 31:24, we discovered that the kids this year picked up on the verse quicker than they did last year. *round of applause*
Since the school where we would otherwise split the kids into classes is not available to us yet, today was and tomorrow will be all joint activities in the church sanctuary. And to hopefully break the ice quickly, we split the sixty-some students into small groups, each led by a teacher or local TA. We then assisted the students in constructing the salvation bracelets and explained the meaning to them.
With the kids still in these pods, we proceeded to play "human knot on steroids," aka human knot with zip ties. oohh funnnn~
Thus concludes the kids' first day!
Total mosquito bite count: 32
Prayer Requests (pls pray for us~ tyty [: ):
1. Travel - Judy safely arrived in Taiwan and joined our team last night, braving through the pouring rain. Please pray for the safe arrival of Julia and Mrs. Chien as they join us Tuesday night.
2. Rest and health - Please pray for some of our team members' jet lag and the adjustment to Taiwan's humidity.
3. Patience - Our teachers and team was requested by the local church to only speak English the entire duration of the camp, thus making it challenging for the students to stay engaged and it was tough for some of our TAs to translate to so many students at once. Please pray that our team and the local church and TAs we are working with can come up with a great way to help keep the kids engaged while complying with their request.
Riddle of the day: 花枝一碗麵? (hua-zi yi wan mian?)
Hint: It's actually an English greeting/question.
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