Friday was our last day of Vacation Bible School with the kids. They showered us with hugs and thanks, which helped perk us all up (waking up today was rough!).
The children love pool time, which happens every day after the final rotation of VBS. Several of us swam with them, and Tanner and Mitchell often had three or four kids hanging onto them at a time. It was sweet.
After swimming, the parents of all the participants joined us in the gym for a celebration of all the children had learned. The kids sang the VBS songs with lots of enthusiasm, and the parents seemed excited that they were singing so loudly in English. (Yee-haw!)
Following a short slideshow presentation of the week's activities, we all went outside to the church courtyard for Western-themed games and an American-style picnic, complete with hot dogs, chips, watermelon, and ice cream. Many of the kids had dressed up in western wear, and they loved the stick-on mustaches we gave out as prizes.
The students had a ball with all the activities: Jackie Taff and Mitchell George took pictures of the kids in a jail-style photo booth, Kim Howard and Kristin Rogers face-painted, Christy Young manned a bean-counting jar, Tanner Taff and Jeff Young helped the kids with a beanbag toss, and I gave out autograph sheets so kids could collect signatures.
It was the first "Family Night" the school/church had done, and according to the school's principal (who is also Pastor Jorge's daughter), it was a big success.
Friday evening after dinner, Pastor Jorge had us over to his house for dessert. He presented us all with Bibles and other souvenirs, and thanked us for our ministry. It was a perfect way to end our time in Spain.
Our travel day (Saturday) was mostly uneventful, thought two pieces of luggage will have to be re-united with their owners in a couple of days. Some of us planned to get a big glass of tea with lots of ICE once we landed. And we were looking forward to sleeping in our own beds. Ahh....
We are all back home now, and we're grateful for safe travel, new friendships, and those who made it possible for us to spend time in Denai. We'll miss our new friends and our Christian brothers and sisters at Iglesia Bautista and Alfa Omega School, but we are praying that the seeds of the gospel we planted this past week will take root and bear much fruit.
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