Thursday June 25

Day 8 of our trip has come and gone. Our time is quickly coming to an end. Today we went to another public school. I'd say the children's ages ranged from 8-13. We sang a few songs and Dan shared a summary of our 5 VBS Bible stories. He shared the gospel and then prayed with the children. We had a brief time to mingle with some of the children and get to know them and ask what they thought about what they had just heard. 2 girls accepted Jesus as their personal Savior!!!!! Please pray for these 2 sweet girls as they come from a Hindu background and will continue to be instructed in those ways. We believe many seeds were planted this morning. Praise God!!

We jumped back in the maxi-taxi and were off to a school for disabled children. There were about 10-12 children who were either physically or mentally handicapped or both. We helped them with a small project and then "limed" with them for awhile playing tag, duck duck goose, catch, kicking the soccer ball around, etc. We shared our program with them and Dan spoke about the Good Shepherd and the lost sheep. We ended with a small craft and it was a neat time together.

We got to go out to lunch today and had pizza!! i think we all enjoyed our "American" food and time at the restaurant. After lunch we had some down time in which many of us took naps and got some much-needed rest or went to the store. I personally chose the napping option. :) As far as our ear ache situation goes, some are doing better and some new people now have ear aches. We are hanging in there and everyone has been able to attend all of the VBS evenings so far.

Tonight is Day 4 of VBS and I'd say the size of our group has remained about the same. Over these days we have connected with both children and adults. Today's lesson was "Jesus is the Light of the World" given by Lauren C. Both the children and our team enjoyed our time together playing, singing, doing crafts, and learning about Jesus. I think both the Trinidadians and our team look forward to each evening together from 4-6 PM.

Tonight all of the American teams at the Trinidad & Tobago Urban Ministries compound had a treat as we attended a steel drum concert right here at the base. The music was so different - unlike anything I've heard before. The 3 musicians were amazing as they drummed a variety of sacred songs mixed with some fun songs too. It was an exciting and uplifting way to end the evening.