More Cute Kids and Crazy Stories
Today’s date is unknown to me, the time at this moment is also a mystery, and the place I am in on this geographically challenging mission is one more complicated question which I am not able to comprehend. All I can think is more beads, children, boxes, markers, crayons, and Spanish, which everyone has been picking up slowly. Now to think back on today... “The dog ran faster and faster as the Frisbee came lower and lower to the ground…” That’s John’s voice as he told a story on Obedience to the stickiest, yet cutest little four-year old class ever, which was simultaneously eating their breakfast/snack of crackers, fruit cups, yogurts, etc. The children were captivated by John’s description of the dog’s obedient relationship to his owner, and how this obedience saved his life.
Next was another large group session where we put chicken farmer Jorge to the test. “Farmer Jorge, are you positive you have never broken an egg??” “Not one,” he replies in Spanish. The children seemed to enjoy the little skit and laughed almost every time “Jorge” would reply “no problemo” to each new commandment (egg) he was given to hold. Unfortunately, Farmer Jorge eventually admitted to having indeed broken commandments, and the kids loved seeing Daniel cover John in raw egg (symbolizing breaking the ten commandments) and then go on to describe how we (who have also broken the commandments) can become clean. Afterwards, we signed autographs and took pictures with the children.
Leaving the crowd of children as they headed back to class, we headed ourselves over to another one of the many delicious meals we have enjoyed at “Papi’s” church. After lunch Gayle (Amanda #2) and I realized that we had 240 treasure boxes to put together before tonight! Thankfully, the entire team helped out and made the job easy and quick. We had a short siesta :-), then headed over to the big children’s event for the night. With over 400 kids anticipated, we were in a constant state of prayer. Tonight’s lesson… patience!After another delicious dinner, Drew pulled out his guitar and we sang several songs in English and Spanish with a few people from “Papi’s” church. Even our two bus drivers joined us, and we had a blessed time together. Then, off to bed to close yet another day of our interesting, and always exciting, journey in Ecuador.-Amanda Gaddis for the team
Amanda Gaddis with girls at the school
"Farmer Jorge, have you ever broken an egg?"
Amanda Gayle and school kids
"Que color tuviste ayer?" (What color did you have yesterday?) We use colored bandanas to separate the kids into teams.