Wednesday 13 July 2016

Hallo from the team!  Another beautiful day on Tanna :)  Our day started with the 5 o'clock bell again and then we were taking devotions at 5:30.  This morning Caitlyn was on doing her testimony and she did an amazing job!  We took two classes today and then introduced the group skipping rope which was a great hit with the kids.  In the afternoon we walked up the hill to visit the local Primary school and joined in with their sports afternoon.  At the College the students can sometimes be quite shy and reserved but not so with the primary school kids!  It was like ants to the honey pot!  Our team was swarmed and had an exhausting but very rewarding time interacting with these children.  In the end we had to leave as the children just weren't going home. (the teacher had told me that often at 2.30 the children say that they have to leave so they can walk home before dusk - even year ones, so if school finishes at 3.30 then need to get home by 5.30)  Even then a huge group of them came with us - which you will see in the photo that we have just posted. We all had such an amazing time with these children we hope to be able to get back to see them if time allows before we go home.  Then it was swim time again!  Our daily ritual - and every time more and more students join us which is really cool. The girls are all sleeping in with the girls in the bunkrooms and the girls have been so welcoming to us.  They have showed us how they do their washing - with a brush and a wooden board, and always go out of their way to make us feel welcome.  Today in the showers after the swim  - the showers are a concrete room with three kind of showers (cold of course), we had just started washing our hair and the water stopped, so two of the girls went out and got buckets of water for us so we could finish washing!  Their kindness to us is very humbling!  On that note - none of the boys have washed ANY clothes or had a shower - TYPICAL!  Other then that - any parents reading this blog should be incredibly proud of their kids.  They have just been amazing!  I cant really emphasize enough what a pleasure and privilege it is to be on this trip with them.  They have ALL just been so great at mixing with the kids, getting alongside them, doing their testimonies, prayers or anything else that has been asked of them.  I'm sure they will all fill you in o the details when they get home.   I think that's enough from me tonight, so thank you for all your prayers - we have really been blessed by this trip so far.  Just a wee note - we are all well other then a couple of very slight tummy upsets but nothing major at all!  That's all for me tonight, Regards to all, Esther

3 comments:

  1. Thanks Ester and thanks for the update it's so awesome to hear of the teams adventures. So pleased to hear things are going well. Blessings to you all. Love Nicola, Jason and Logan

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  2. Sounds like you are having an amazing time! It's great to have the blogs to keep us up to date. (Am just a little bit jealous about the weather - minus 11 here the other morning.)

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  3. So great to hear from you all. Love the photo. Prayjng for you.
    Love from the Hackys

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