Playground

On Saturday, we helped at the playground ministry. It was really fun. Around 100 kids were there. When they came in, we put them into groups based on their age and moved them through different stations including: balloon relays, bowling, coloring, swing, slide, bucket toss and more. After they played for a while, we gathered them for the Bible lesson. This week's lesson was about forgiveness. There was a cute drama that showed the kids how much God loves them and how He forgives their sins. There was a "judge" who sent them to prison and then Jesus (played by George) set the captives free. The kids had a lot of fun. We also had a chance to survey the general health of the kids so we can fine tune what our mini health education/clinic will focus on. We noticed a lot of skin infections and a child who obviously had giardia. There weren't as many wounds that needed care as we thought, but there is a need for de-worming. So we are going to invite the parents and hopefully have enough de-worming medicine to give out to all the kids. Here are some photos from the day.



(Welcoming the kids and putting them into groups)



(Ring around the Eli. Although he looks confused in the photo, he thought it was so funny!)



(We had the balloon station. The real challenge was keeping Eli from popping them.)





(Taking a water break. It was so hot. I had to make sure Eli stayed hydrated.)



(Kids sitting for the story)



("Prisoners")



(Being set free)