another day, another story, another joy, another tear, another memory

today was the third day at sud academy. we finally remembered a few names. we spent today with the primary classes. first we went to class 2 and 3. we read a bible story with them, the one about the little children coming to jesus. the teacher had to translate for us because most of them speak swahili and haven't learned much english yet. then we taught them 'he's got the whole world in his hands'. they loved it and their teacher promised to teach it to them later. we made a paper chain with them. each link had their name on it. we made some extra links that said canada, kenya, sudan, God and Jesus. we strung it over the chalk board.

we went to class 4, 5, 6 and 7, 8 next. marijke and mrs. boer went to the younger group. wil and mr. minnesma went to the older group. we made friendship bracelets with them, so i went back and forth between the 2 classes. avery was sick so she stayed at the apartment. we had so many people asking where she was. it was a lot of fun.

the students were holding their christian student union. we attended. it was like a church service. they made us sit in seats of honour. they sang a few songs, which we didn't know, but clapped along. they introduced the elders, treasurer, secretary, and teachers that helped out. then one of the students preached a message and a teacher did a follow up. then they asked us to sing a song. we were not prepared but we sang 'reign in me'. they loved it. they prayed for us and blessed us. it was kind of wierd, because they have so little, but they don't even complain. instead, they bless us.

after lunch, we just hung out with the students. we visited different classrooms, talked to students, gave out our email addresses (all the kids want to email us or add us on facebook).

tomorrow, we are taking them on a field trip to the aboritum (sp?). they are very very excited. the headmaster instructed them to wash themselves and be very clean for tomorrow. he also told the little ones not to get lost. we hope to play some soccer/football with them. we are very excited.

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