Day 1

Christina: Looking at the faces now, I don't know how we'll get through the rest of this week, much less today. Timmy has a fever, and all of us are worn out. It hasn't even been 3 hours since the beginning of today and yet we're all dead tired. These kids are all energetic and hard to keep under control. Our biggest prayer request for this week would just be for strength. For Timmy to get better and have enough energy to help the kids. Another really important prayer request would be for us to be able to connect with these kids. The Pastor's wife said that these kids are mostly from broken families. Some of these kids have alcoholic parents that are abusive. Some of these kids have poor families and they don't care for learning. Others are being raised by their grandparents so they're spoiled. To them church is a sort of refuge. The pastor's wife encourages them to learn and follow rules. She said that the greatest punishment that she can hand out is to ban them from coming. I think we were all pretty shocked by what she told us. While we're tired, they've been through way more.

Michael: We will get through it.

John: It feels a lot like a daycare and not a VBS. Most importantly we would like to pray for strength to get us through and patience to deal with the kids. Even though it's very difficult and hard for us, we have to understand that it's has been more difficult for them.

Angeline: They are like wild animals released from the zoo and ready to attack whoever is in their way. but we are prepared to make them like house pets ready to be petted by any new comers coming to visit! kekeke. just kidding. but yes, we do ask that you guys pray that we have patience, and strength to work with these children.

Love,
The team.