Happy Independence day back home in the U.S. of A! Woohoo! Thank you to all those who serve our country!
Here in the motherland, we woke up to team devotionals led by Judy, reminding us that we are never alone and that God is always present and faithful. We were encouraged by the passage from Hebrews 13:1-8 strengthening us spiritually for our second day with the kids.
Following our team devotional, we headed into the sanctuary to welcome the students and before beginning singspiration, we added a new category this year! We call it Fruit of the Day in Anatomy (from the Fruit of the Spirit in the Bible and tying things together to the anatomy, teaching them about being ONE body of Christ).
Today's delicious fruit was Joy and the body part we learned about was the mouth and nose. Did you know that the nose has a direct route to the amygdala? And that particular scents that previously were registered in our brain can trigger an emotion when the same scent is smelled? How cool is that? Thus we began our exploration about how many times through memories, emotions, or even our senses (ie: nose or mouth) we can experience joy! But what greater way to experience joy than through the unconditional and sacrificial love God gives us daily?? Simply knowing that God made us, loves us, and is with us (like we were reminded in our devotionals this morning) does it not make you want to just jump up and lift your hands singing HALLELUJAH?? Amen! Amen! Praises be to our Mighty King!
Speaking of singing, that's precisely what we did following our Fruit of the Day in Anatomy lesson, we had singspiration led by Huei-ing and Inez! (How awesome is that?? Mother and daughter getting to serve Christ together in this way! God is GOOD!) And Huei-ing continued on leading the memory verse from Mark 9:23! We learned that while teaching the students the memory verse, when we teach it with handmotions (like we do with the songs) they seem to do better at memorizing it and maybe even understanding it a bit more! YAY!
Right after memory verse time (we call it Eating God's Word), we had our drama llama's take the stage for skit time! Today's skit was about the Great flood and Noah's faithfulness and obedience! Which led us into our joint activity craft of making a fish! (Our English lesson was animals -- and we decided fish was the perfect aquatic animal for our craft, tying it into being Fishers of Men)
By this time, it was already eleven o'clock and so the kids took a little break, before reconvening for our final activity and discussion. We enjoyed the first 30 minutes of a film called "All Creature Big and Small" to give the kiddos an idea of what the great flood might have looked like and the animals that were in the ark.
Before we knew it, it was time to say goodbye and end our second day camp! We cannot wait to see what God has in store for us tomorrow and continue on this story of sharing God's word with the amazing city, Puzi!
Thank you for your continual prayers and support!
Praise:
Judy and Mrs. Chien arrived safely tonight to join the team!
Prayer Requests:
-Please continue to pray over each member by name, for the Lord to continue working in our hearts, helping us reflect His love to all we meet, and for His protection over our health.
-Pray for God to continue working and softening the kids' hearts and for the Lord to open doors and help us build friendship and bridges for the local church to be able to continue ministering to them after these two weeks
Answer to yesterday's riddle: What's your name?
Speaking of singing, that's precisely what we did following our Fruit of the Day in Anatomy lesson, we had singspiration led by Huei-ing and Inez! (How awesome is that?? Mother and daughter getting to serve Christ together in this way! God is GOOD!) And Huei-ing continued on leading the memory verse from Mark 9:23! We learned that while teaching the students the memory verse, when we teach it with handmotions (like we do with the songs) they seem to do better at memorizing it and maybe even understanding it a bit more! YAY!
Right after memory verse time (we call it Eating God's Word), we had our drama llama's take the stage for skit time! Today's skit was about the Great flood and Noah's faithfulness and obedience! Which led us into our joint activity craft of making a fish! (Our English lesson was animals -- and we decided fish was the perfect aquatic animal for our craft, tying it into being Fishers of Men)
By this time, it was already eleven o'clock and so the kids took a little break, before reconvening for our final activity and discussion. We enjoyed the first 30 minutes of a film called "All Creature Big and Small" to give the kiddos an idea of what the great flood might have looked like and the animals that were in the ark.
Before we knew it, it was time to say goodbye and end our second day camp! We cannot wait to see what God has in store for us tomorrow and continue on this story of sharing God's word with the amazing city, Puzi!
Thank you for your continual prayers and support!
Praise:
Judy and Mrs. Chien arrived safely tonight to join the team!
Prayer Requests:
-Please continue to pray over each member by name, for the Lord to continue working in our hearts, helping us reflect His love to all we meet, and for His protection over our health.
-Pray for God to continue working and softening the kids' hearts and for the Lord to open doors and help us build friendship and bridges for the local church to be able to continue ministering to them after these two weeks
Answer to yesterday's riddle: What's your name?
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