Week 3

hey all... it has been a great week this past week. God has been so faithful especially this past week. On Tuesday our team had the opportunity to spend the morning in prayer. We prayed with partners, alone and as a group. It was probably the most powerful experience since the beginning of this summer. God really overwhelmed me with the peace that I am down here for a reason and that even though it seems like a long time now, that He is going to use every bit of time to teach, mold and expand me through different children, peers, leaders, situations and conversations. Praise God for His faithfulness!!

So this past week the group of interns had the chance to do an English Camp at the school on the site of the orphanage in Jaibon. We worked with 40 of the same kids that came to the VBS the week prior. My role was to be the co-program leader with Heather to lead my peers in putting on this camp. One of my highlights was seeing some of the same boys that I had on my team last week come back and have that same smile of recognition... it is priceless :)

The theme for the camp was Under the Sea and we did an English focus and a Bible focus each day. Some of the things we worked on was Weather (Jesus Calming the Sea), Food (Fishers of Men), Directions (Jonah), Colors, numbers (Gospel). It worked out very well and the team did a great job of putting together the camp with four stations: Crafts, Rec., English and Lesson. We also had the chance to do an English Bee on Thursday. They really seemed to like it and we hope to use that tool in the future, just as they have at Monte Cristi in the English Institute. (I thought of my dear family who loved the Spelling Bee while planning it :) ).

For this coming week we are at Monte Cristi with two church groups and some one week volunteers. We will be doing a VBS for 200 kids in the morning and then splitting up between a VBS at a local church and a sports camp at the Baseball stadium in the afternoon. I think I'm gonna go to the sports camp.

Please pray for unity among the three groups and for the kids to be open to the Gospel when it is presented. The big VBS will be themed Narnia and has been a hit before, so we are excited to see what comes of it this week. Also, please be in prayer for the those of us that are going to be here past the end of this week. At the end of this week, we loose about half of the team because they are going home after a month. We will get a few more month long interns, but as you can expect a lot of emotions can be felt during that time.

Thank you so much for your constant love, support and encouragement. I am so incredibly blessed to know you and have you in my life. Please let me know how you are doing this summer. May God Bless you.

Thanking God for you,
Monica