Day Six

Yesterday was probably the busiest day we have had yet. We started off the school day by going into each of the classrooms and talking to them. We split into groups of boys and girls and had the kids ask Sean and I questions. Then we reversed it and Sean and I asked them some questions. It was interesting to hear that some of the girls favorite songs are high school musical. I had no idea they had some of those types of things that we have  in the US!

Another neat thing was that Sean and I were able to talk to the kids about our favorite bible verses. Philippians 4:13 is my favorite verse so I explained to the kids that even when we are tired, or if school is hard, if we pray to God he will give us the strength to make it through it. If was fun to see them start to understand what the verse actually means.

Finally with each of the classes we handed out some friendship bracelets and cards that the kids in St Peter Summer Days Camp made. The kids were so  excited to hear from the children in America and wear their friendship bracelets! They could'nt wait to write back to them!

The last thing that we did with the students was hand out some bags of candy to all of the kids. Although there are a lot of differences between south Africa and the United States at least one thing is the same. Kids LOVE candy! Their faces lit up when they received their bag of candy. It was a wonderful to see how thankful the children are and it really makes me think how I especially need to be more thankful in my own life.

To finish off the day we ate dinner with the missionary teachers and Pastor Kumalo. It has been really fun to talk to them and get to know them. I think they are so brave to be willing to leave home to go and teach in South Africa for two years! Their faith truly is inspiring!