Holy Week

Last week was an extremely busy week for us! All of the kids were off school for the week and Daniel and I were in charge of planning activities to keep them busy (not an easy task with 48 children!). We worked with five of the youth to plan games with a different theme during each afternoon. All of the kids were divided into four teams and they competed against each other. Boy were they competitive!!

Each night during the week, a different group of the kids had a sleepover (little boys, little girls, big boys, big girls). The first one was the little boys' sleepover at Kendon & Wendy's house. They watched a movie, ate popcorn and pizza, made Resurrection cookies, and then went to bed around 10 pm. The next night was the little girls' sleepover in the guest building. Emily and I were in charge of that one. I thought that it would be about that same as the little boys'. Much to my surprise, at 2:30 am a few of them were still going strong and asking if we could play! I had to put an end to the fun and tell them it was time for them to settle down and go to bed. We prayed together and thankfully, within 15 minutes they were all asleep.










Two nights later, the older girls watched movies in the guest building until 4:30 am! I think I am getting too old for sleepovers! As long as it is only once per year though, I can say that I had a good time.

On Wednesday and Thursday night, Daniel did Journey to the Cross with the kids. He set up 13 prayer stations around the campus depicting events in Jesus' life during Holy Week. Each had different activities for the kids to do. One of the stations was about Jesus washing the disciples' feet and Kendon washed the feet of each child. It was a very touching station.

Especially on Thursday night, I really felt God's presence during the prayer station activities. Several of the older youth stayed a long time at each station and a few were emotional when they finished. One of the oldest girls told me that she had never experienced anything like that and really felt like God was there with her.

On Friday evening, Daniel organized a Good Friday service where we watched "The Gospel of Matthew" and took communion together. It was a neat time together, and once again I felt God's presence near us that night.

Thank you to each of you who prayed for the activities of last week!