Before traveling to the Children of the Promise, our group stopped at the local Saturday market to experience the culture and to purchase souvenirs. Today was our last day of VBS & Construction. We completed all of the construction projects we were assigned, which was an enormous blessing to Sammy and the Children of the Promise. They had waited for over two years to have this construction project completed, and were greatly blessed by our team. Our last day of VBS went extremely well, and the Roma children were very receptive to the presentation of the Gospel. Roberta was asked to have all the children pray the salvation prayer out loud, so we know seeds were sown. We look forward to a great harvest among the Roma children. We will have our last field trip with the children on Monday.
After the conclusion of VBS, Sammy talked to our group for about an hour and talked about life under communism, and the effect on the church. We could have sat and listened to him tell his story all day long, and it was incredible to hear his perspective as a Christian growing up under communist rule. After Sammy's talk, our group split into two teams and half went with the children to take pictures for the exhibition again, and the other half went with Sammy to tour the Fortress. The Fortress was first built in the 11th century, and has been used as a monastery and a military base, as well. We ended our day by visiting the Lotus Mall. The team enjoyed eating a quick meal so they could complete some of their shopping and get some gelato.
Here are some pictures, but we will try to post additional photos after collecting them from our team.
Skit: "Where Are We?" explaining that just because you are in a hospital you are not a Dr., or just because you are in a school does not make you a teacher. Most importantly, just because you are in a church does not make you a Christian. You must have a personal relationship with Jesus.
The kids learning to take pictures with our cameras.
Jim and Tyler filling the forms for the support beam.
One finished wall.
Skit: "If I Were Not Upon the Stage..." The kids loved this skit, especially when Sarah forgot to duck at the end of the skit and got hit in the head.
Half our team taking the tour of the Fortress.
Alice squatting over the toilet at the Fortress.
Sammy, Administrator for the Children of the Promise, posing with a statue at the Fortress representing a broken childhood.
Before VBS on Saturday, the team quickly visited the market to collect souvenirs.
While we waited... Half headed to the Fortress and the other half took the Roma children to take pictures to for the exhibition.
One of the groups of Roma children taking the pictures for the exhibition.
Another one of the groups for the exhibition.
No comments:
Post a Comment