6 Miles

I’ve been working to keep our team blog updated (http://negst2009.blogspot.com/)  but, right now I have some time to put a few more things up here. It’s about 8 pm here (only 12 in Indy) and we’re at the computer lab, with an open lab to help stuents with more personal questions. Obviously, my help isn’t needed right now.  Today has been a long day. It was the first day to do our VBS (you’ll see the best pictures I took today on the team blog).  That was a rather crazy hour. We need to plan a few more organized games, but had fun with a general play time (with balls and big jump ropes and a simple craft).  Tomorrow we have the kids a bit longer, but we’re taking up their recess time so we need to plan some games that will make them all be active!

James has been very busy here, and not been able to spend much time outside. He’s been really helping the IT department (no surprise there)…he’s been doing that more then teaching, which is fitting, it’s what he enjoys.  We do have a free hour tomorrow–they have chapel from 10-11 on Tues/Wed/Thur and small groups that meet on Mon/Fri. Since we can’t meet during that time, many of our hard working teachers are looking forward to a break and time to relax outside.  It really is beautiful here, I don’t mean to keep rubbing it in, but we can’t get over it! I’ve had lots more time to enjoy it, being on the VBS team. I have been in on several classes to help, but they requested we do VBS from 3:30-4:30, and that means we can’t help out with the 2-4 or 4-6 classes–you would have thought we planned it!

We do have several people on the team struggling with health problems–not the typical ones you expect on a trip–one has a kidney stone (but she gets them chroniclly so she has the pain meds to help her until she passes it. Another had Shingles last year and fears it has come back. Please pray for their healing.  Pray we will be effective and helpful. 

Finally, here are a few more of my favorite pictures:

One picure of me so far!

Little girl carrying baby brother or sister

Cool red bug on a flower

(Two little girls from VBS. We gave the second one a lei just after this, but the picture wasn’t as cute)

Sorry, don’t have time for more—if you’re on Facebook you can see them there (Mom, you need to sign up!!!).