Intern: Growing relationships with the kids!

It’s hard to believe that I have been here for almost a month! Time has gone by so quickly, I still feel like I just got here. This week was very similar to last week. With the exception of Tuesday and Wednesday I went to the school camp during the day. At camp I spent time playing outside with the kids, drawing with them, or whatever else they were doing. There are a couple of them in particular that I spend most of my time with. Every night I went to the TB center and played outside with the kids. They taught me a version of dodge ball and it is their favorite game. On Friday, we took the TB center kids to the park at the center of the city. In the park there was something similar to a small petting zoo. We got to go in for free and see the animals. There was a giant snake, baby crocodile, iguana?, rabbit, monkey, and another animal that I have no idea what it was. The kids and I really enjoyed that. Later I was able to buy them all ice cream and we played on the merry-go-round. It was a lot of fun. The kids can’t leave the center on their own, so it was great to be able to take them somewhere.  On Saturday, I went with a couple of my friends from the local church and we visited some of the kids I worked with last summer. These two kids had moved to a permanent orphanage since I last saw them and are currently at a summer camp by the river. I’m glad to know that they are doing well, and enjoying their time at camp. Sunday, was one of my dear friend’s birthday. After church she invited her friend and I over to her house for a meal. It was a lot of fun to spend the afternoon with her looking at pictures from her childhood and from our time together last summer! It’s been a great week! My cough is finally gone and I am feeling so much better! God is good! I am so thankful for the opportunities I have had this week to continue building relationships with the kids and with my friends from church! Please pray that I will have opportunities this week to talk to some of the kids one-on-one. Also, I am going to start preparing a Bible lesson and craft/game for the TB center kids a couple times a week and see how that goes. I’m not sure how interested they will be, but please pray that these activities will be received well and open up more doors for deeper conversation with the kids! Lastly, please pray for me to have energy and strength for the times I am with the kids. I have been struggling a lot this week with drowsiness and fatigue. Thank you so much for your prayers!