Fun at the Playground

About a week ago, we went to the playground ministry for the first time. Usually they open it up on Saturdays in the morning and let the kids play, followed by Bible stories. The Saturday we went was the first one of the year and they did a special little carnival. It will be easier to tell you about it in pictures.


Our station was the ring toss. We gave the kids one piece of candy for trying and two if they got the ring on the bottle. I know, we are softies!




Here is Eli attempting to help.



There was a bean bag toss



There was a ball toss, knock down the bottles, and a name tag station. The playground was much more calm and organized this day. Usually there are kids running wild!



Once all the candy was gone, we gathered the kids to play group games.



The first was a relay race where the kids had to carry a cup of water on their heads and dump the water in a bucket. The kids had a blast and it was so fun to watch it. It was a scorching hot day so it was a perfect game to play.



Here is George's team celebrating their win!



Next was the ever popular sack race.



Eli was desperate to play, but of course was too young. We hoped to pacify him with the top of the sack we cut off, but he was not amused.



Next George led follow the leader. It was so dusty that day. The kids really kicked up quite the dirt cloud!



We had to leave a bit early because Eli was tired and ready for a nap. So, we missed the Bible Story at the end. Being there was awesome. The kids had so much fun and so did the adults. What is neat is that the volunteers are from different organizations. They are all in Moshi for different reasons, but have come to support the missionary who started this ministry. We look forward to helping them on a regular basis.