One thing our ministry contact told us we could do this month is map out the daycares in our assigned areas. The idea is to go there to help teach the kids some English and play games with them, in an effort to be able to speak to the workers and to the parents of the kids. The kindergarten that had us put on an impromptu show yesterday asked us to come again today to be with four classes for two hours. So we put our heads together, did a little math, and decided to split our small team into 4 small groups. Each with 30 minute lessons/games and then we could rotate. They were babies, so we thought we would do counting, animals, colors, and then one group of games like red light green light, follow the leader, that type of thing.
So we arrive today with our plans… (Which apparently is mistake n?mero uno while on the race!) The teachers come out to meet us (without our translator today!) and say we have SIX classes and that we can't rotate. Awesome! The beautiful thing about this is we are aware that this is the essence of the world race, so we laughed it off split into groups of two, and headed into the building with zero plans. It was awesome.
(Morning exercises)
Jesus was so good that he gave me and Adam the same group of kids we had played with the day before, so they sort of knew us. They were around 3 and 4 years old but they were so smart. Between the two snacks and three potty breaks we played musical chairs, follow the leader, clapping games and limbo. They loved me and were fighting to hold my hands… Which is not good for my ego! One little boy stayed glued to me the entire time and told his teacher he liked me because I was beautiful. Heart… Melted!!! They were adorable. One little girl was rolling off Chinese to me and I was like, "You're so cute but I just can't understand you!!!" But she could mimic our English perfectly!
(My crush and my chatterbox in my lap)
We ended up making plans to meet one of the teachers for dinner! Hopefully we will be able to talk to her about why we're here and share the gospel with her. I also prayed some heavy Holy Spirit over those cute faces. Especially my little chatterbox friend. She is so smart. I prayed she would be a great christian leader for her friends and family, community, and country. Hopefully we will get a chance to meet with some of their parents soon too. All the kids there should live in our assigned area, so it's a pretty good way to get connected in the community.
Prayers for us!
-For the meetings that are happening tonight and throughout this week
-For a blessed and free future for the babies we worked with today
-For the meeting with the teachers
-For God to move in the hearts of everyone we speak to, whether we see the harvest or not
