VBS Day One

Phew, what a first day!  Considering we have been living in below zero temperature all winter, today's 95 degrees wore us out.  Add in the fact that it was a full day, I think we will all sleep well tonight.  The teachers requested that we “team teach” with them, which mostly observing.  Some marked English assignments, others worked on math with the children.  It was so neat to be able to see the kids and teachers at work.  They all work so hard. 

After observing a couple of different rooms, we jumped into VBS, which was a head first dive.  You can only plan so much when you are dealing with 150-200 kids in a room, but team did great!  The school choir (30 kids strong) sang a little before we started and after we ended, it was beautiful. 

After VBS we became servants to the kids by serving them their lunch.  The amount they make to serve 450 kid is unbelievable.  But they have it down to a science, there was very little left over.  The nutrition of the children is very important to the Meeker’s.  If someone doesn't get what they need, their studies will suffer. 

Our afternoon was spent starting the library project.  This was something marked as one of the most important needs for the school.  We cataloged nearly 400 books, which was about 5-6 hours of work.  The shelving materials were delivered this evening and will be ready to being construction tomorrow.  The kids and teachers are looking forward to having these books available to them.  Until today, they were in storage.

The team had so much fun interacting with the kids.  Some sponsor children were visited and introduced to their sponsors.  I think that lifelong friendships are in the making!