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| a lesson on worship (in the church) |
At the end of the school year there is a 6th
grade retreat. It is the end of the HOM schooling (right now—there are plans
for a high school as soon as all the money is raised, plan to open Sept 2014)
and a chance for fun and some more teaching…The retreat used to go off site but
since the earthquake there hasn’t really been a place to go and now I think it
might be a money thing…I hope that changes for them because there isn’t a great
place here to run around for the kids. But on to the retreat…
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| party time! |
FROG retreat is the name. It stands for Fully Rely On God.
In English class we’ve been learning all kinds of songs for them to use here so
that the kids would already have some understanding of what the songs meant as
they were singing. Teachings on Salvation, Making Good Decisions, Relying on
God, the God Sequence (life events in a Christian order), etc. happened
throughout the 3 days of the retreat. When they arrived on the first day they
were giving a 5 gallon bucket, pen, marker, hankerchief, folder full of the
papers they would use and many other things.
They would have breaks
and would be given more toys and things…there was a bouncy break (given bouncy
balls), a kazoo break (sadly and yet not, many of them weren’t working and an
Easter egg hunt for example. On the second day in the afternoon there was a big
party with cake and candy and juice. There was a ‘shop’ where one could get a
toy or other prizes after the party.
One of the ladies who came down to help
lead is an art teacher and one of the projects for her classes was to make a
drawing from a photo…each child’s photo was then laminated into a place mat
with the drawing on one side and the photo on the other. It was pretty cool.
Each child also receives a Bible, a hymn book and a bag and more…it is a lot of presents
and very special. The kids and the teachers love it. and it was a lot of fun to
help with! oh and everything was frog themed of course!
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| a great hold all and can be used for water at home |
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| listening intently |
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| Lunch |
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| Some of the facilitators and translators |
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