Today was a good day. I was able to lead a group of Haitian
children in a few games. I had a plan for what games we would play but those
didn't work out because the kids had traditional games they played. My favorite
part of the day was meeting and spending time with the Kenol family. They were really interesting and fun.
Tonight, we spent time with a group of kids at the service we had. It was tough
to communicate what we were talking about with the language barrier and all.
But, It was still a successful discussion. It has been great thus far. I love
you Mom, Dad, and Michelle! Tell Nolan I miss him a lot. And, Ethan and Brandon
I’ve found others to argue with throughout the whole day but I still miss you
;) I miss you all and will see you Sunday!!!!
-
Drake
Yes, Mom, Dad and PJ, I am alive, even though I know you are
not too concerned! Our first day of camp, in my opinion was very successful. We
started by riding in a cattle truck to our first school, which was about 20
minutes away from our mission house. The scenery in the cattle truck was
absolutely breathtaking with so many mountains and beautiful fruitful trees. We
had about 107 St. Marc students for our soccer camp and VBS. The ages of the
children were three to sixteen. Griffin, Nathan, Steven and I lead the soccer
part of the camp. We had the children do shooting, passing and then played
girls and boys. The girls were requesting to play against the boys and ran
around and were screaming for about two minutes. They gathered and started to
play, the girls not doing too well (5-0) requested that I play on their team.
After scoring for the girls, they all went crazy. Seeing all the smiling and welcoming
children who wanted to be held, hugged or learn more about God and English were
the highlights of my day. This evening we did a bible study with young adults
from MP schools with the theme of “Your Identity in Christ”. They were very
open with us and I loved hearing their dreams for their future and how they
plan to serve God and their community and ultimately their country. Even with a
language barrier, it is still amazing to be able to show love and Christ
through our VBS and the beautiful game of soccer. I cannot wait to see what
else God has planned for our trip and for our journey in this country while we
are here for a few more days and truly be God’s letters of recommendations!
Continue to pray for our team and a safe return. I love and miss everyone back
in the states and will see you and talk to you Sunday! Don’t miss me too much J
-xoxo, Kayla
