This post is looooong over due but, im going to finish writing about my trip to South Africa!!! So, here we go!
Thursday June 9th-Kiddos. Kiddos. and more Kiddos!
Early that morning, our team went off to help out at another school. (picture on the left is of some of the classrooms) We split up into groups of about 3 people so we could make sure that we went into each and every classroom. My team was Tara, Juan and I. (we were awesome of course (; haha) We had about 10-15min to spend in each classroom. We sang songs with the kids, danced around, the kids all showed us up. But hey, they loved to watch us try!(; All of the kids were so sweet and loving. When ever we left a classroom to go to another one, they would all start yelling "WE LOVE YOU!" and blowing kisses at us. It was sooooooo hard to leave each classroom. You just wanted to stay there forever and be with those kids. You could just see their faces light up when we started embarrassing ourselves by trying to sing and dance with them. They were loving every minute of it. 
No one on our team wanted to leave the school that day. While we were walking to our vans the kids swarmed us. Piggy back rides and tickle monsters started breaking out every where you looked! At one point, you couldnt see any of the team members because we were covered with kids!!! lol There was so much happiness and love going on that day. My heart was just bursting! (in a good way) I loved every minute with those kids and for me, being vulnerable and just loving on the kids always intimidates me on mission trips. Im usually the one who stands back and watches but ohhhh no no no, those kids would not have that at all! and i am so thankful for that. God showed me a love that day that one cant explain, you just have to experience it for yourself!
Our team didnt want to leave and im pretty sure the kids didnt want us to either!
During lunch, Michelle was telling our team about some aspects of African Culture and not quite sure how he came up but Chuck Norris was talked about. Apparently he is big every where! "Chuck Norris translates in every language"-Michelle (: hahah
well thats all for this post! hope you liked it(:
peaces!!
-em(:
Quotes for the day:
one from our Africa trip..
"What is curry?"-Linsey
"Like a spice."-Leslie
"Oh, so is this curry?"-Linsey
"no....thats a potato..."-Leslie
thats all i got for now! come back later(:
No one on our team wanted to leave the school that day. While we were walking to our vans the kids swarmed us. Piggy back rides and tickle monsters started breaking out every where you looked! At one point, you couldnt see any of the team members because we were covered with kids!!! lol There was so much happiness and love going on that day. My heart was just bursting! (in a good way) I loved every minute with those kids and for me, being vulnerable and just loving on the kids always intimidates me on mission trips. Im usually the one who stands back and watches but ohhhh no no no, those kids would not have that at all! and i am so thankful for that. God showed me a love that day that one cant explain, you just have to experience it for yourself!
Our team didnt want to leave and im pretty sure the kids didnt want us to either!During lunch, Michelle was telling our team about some aspects of African Culture and not quite sure how he came up but Chuck Norris was talked about. Apparently he is big every where! "Chuck Norris translates in every language"-Michelle (: hahah
VBS that day was awesome as usual!!!! It was so crazy to see how far the kids have come with us. When they first met us, you could tell they were a little hesitant and kept their distance but as the week went on, they were calling us by our names, giving us nick names, high fives, hugs, tickle fights, handing our butts to us in soccer games. We never wanted to leave after VBS. When one of the kids gave you a hug goodbye, you could tell they didnt want you to let them go......
The tickle monster turns into the tickle-ee haha(:
well thats all for this post! hope you liked it(:
peaces!!
-em(:
Quotes for the day:
one from our Africa trip..
"What is curry?"-Linsey
"Like a spice."-Leslie
"Oh, so is this curry?"-Linsey
"no....thats a potato..."-Leslie
thats all i got for now! come back later(:
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