The Balloon Water War was the best part of playday!(Saturday)On the count of three, kids swarmed the tubs and coolers filled with 600 hundred water balloons and began the onslaught!
Then there was the rare, but oh so adorable, playday onlooker.
Ben timed the action, and the last balloon burst at 12 minutes! 3 hours of work gone in 12 minutes – but well worth it for the fun these guys had!
After the water war, we enjoyed lunch with the staff, and then began the Team Building Event that Shara had prepared.
Not sure how it would be received, we were so very excited that not only was it well received, but completely embraced! For about two and a half hours, we enjoyed activities that were oriented toward building the teaching team as a whole.
While totally fun, we all learned a great deal about what it takes to be a team and how leadership emerges in every setting. By the end of the event, all of teachers and management of TCA agreed that they would like to use this for training for themselves, new staff coming on and even with the older students. Picture here is Teacher Zelda.
It was a great success both educationally and culturally!
Yesterday was wonderful day spent with Emerson, Juliana and Eduardo – who is being considered for promotion to management. We awakened this morning, rested and refreshed after experiencing the culture of our mission territory and its people. Today is our visit to the Laughing Out Loud Orphanage. We are all excited to have the opportunity to prayer walk through and visit the orphanage. It will be a ministry of prayer and thanksgiving for these very special children.
We had many emails to read from you all this morning; we have enjoyed the interaction with each of you who have corresponded with us. It has been like opening a treasure box each morning when we come in to get on the computer and check out mail! Truly, your words are treasures of encouragement and blessing to us as have journeyed through each day of our mission.
Patricia and the Team
No comments:
Post a Comment