Today me and two teams went to the feeding. The car ride was long but the way was very beautiful as we were going up hill. At one point we stopped to take some pictures of the villages in the valley below.
Half way through the trip, I was told I need to come up with a fun Bible story and act it out to the children. I am used to doing impromptu things and so the immediate thought that came up was that it would be easy but it did take some time. Now I knew a lot of Bible stories but I had a hard time thinking of a fun but also not that famous Bible story. I got recommendations from the people in the car and I decided to act out the story of Zacchaeus. So through the rest of the trip I had to make sure I knew the story, decide what parts we had to act out, and find other people to help me in acting.
We arrived at the place and quickly, the children started to gather around us. There were even small babies who came for the feeding, being carried by their mothers, who came to the feeding. At first I was not nervous but as we started praying and I was called to the front, I really did not want to disappoint the kids and I was panicking inside. Luckily I had Robin, Sihan and Cyrus to help me with the play and it went pretty well. They also improvised and made it more funny for the kids. We had a translator form KIM with us and so she made telling the story much more easier.
After we were done with our skit, Ms Lafferty and Sihan came to the front and played from worship songs and we introduced motions for the kids to do along with it. The kids looked like they were having lots of fun and they danced along with us. It was fulfilling to see their smiling faces.
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