Today is a national holiday so the children are out of school. It is our last day to play with all the community kids. At 10 am we started the vbs, but we didn't have too many kids. We thought maybe today would be smaller numbers. Well... we were wrong. By the end of the vbs we had approx. 240 kids! This is the highest number of children to ever attend a vbs at the village. Actually, this would be the highest number of kids to ever come to the village. It was a very exciting day!
Today's vbs consisted of praise and worship and then a sports day. We set up several stations for the children to rotate through. We had sack races, water balloon relays, bean bag toss, track relays, etc. It worked very well and the children loved it!
The sports camp was also a huge success today with approx. 100 kids in attendance. They played soccer, volleyball, netball, basketball and various games for the little ones. At the end of the day we had the kids sing "Toboruka" in Shona for us. They love to sing this song and we loved to hear it and sing/dance with them. The song talks about flying for our father, dancing, running, jumping for our Lord with happiness! Everyday we had the children sing this song for us. The team was getting pretty good at. We would walk around outside the village singing "Toboruka". We ended the day with giving the children the "Good News Gloves" and candy. These children LOVE candy! Snacks and candy are hard to get in Zim and if you can find some it is very expensive. Finished the day with they children singing "Father I Adore You" in a round. WOW!!!!
Highlights:
*Sports day
*Singing "Toboruka" & "Father I Adore You"
Pics below of sports day & children singing/dancing to "Toboruka"
Today's vbs consisted of praise and worship and then a sports day. We set up several stations for the children to rotate through. We had sack races, water balloon relays, bean bag toss, track relays, etc. It worked very well and the children loved it!
The sports camp was also a huge success today with approx. 100 kids in attendance. They played soccer, volleyball, netball, basketball and various games for the little ones. At the end of the day we had the kids sing "Toboruka" in Shona for us. They love to sing this song and we loved to hear it and sing/dance with them. The song talks about flying for our father, dancing, running, jumping for our Lord with happiness! Everyday we had the children sing this song for us. The team was getting pretty good at. We would walk around outside the village singing "Toboruka". We ended the day with giving the children the "Good News Gloves" and candy. These children LOVE candy! Snacks and candy are hard to get in Zim and if you can find some it is very expensive. Finished the day with they children singing "Father I Adore You" in a round. WOW!!!!
Highlights:
*Sports day
*Singing "Toboruka" & "Father I Adore You"
Pics below of sports day & children singing/dancing to "Toboruka"
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