Service Day at the Church

Hey everyone it’s me Micah.  I’m going to tell you about all of the work we did at the church this afternoon.  Mrs. W, Mindee, Mollie, Allayna, Matthew, Natalie and I all painted a big Sunday school room.  At first the room was covered with scribbles on the walls and random marks all over the place. (I think the kids at the church like to draw on the walls). But when we painted it, it looked 10 out of 10. The others painted a large foyer of the church and the men’s restroom.  (The men painted that room. I think that can be assumed, so why am I typing this?) Charlotte, Pastor Brett, Andy, Elise, and Carson did the outdoor work in the yard. They laid mulch and weeded and it looked really nice after it was all done. They also trimmed bushes and painted the exterior.  Then we set up the youth room like a movie theater and watched a movie with the kids and families from VBS.  We were going to watch Kung Fu Panda 3, but then we couldn’t because of technical difficulties.  Barry was going to explain the Gospel message within the movie’s plot, but that didn’t work out.  So we watched the third Ice Age movie which Barry’s son Quinn and I rated 2 out of 10.

Then we had to clean up because there was popcorn everywhere.

Kid's Club Day 3

I’m going to start my blog by backtracking to last night when we were handing out the bibles. I was in a group with Keren from New Life Masih Ghar and Mrs. W. We started to talk about a young boy in the youngest group of kids at Kids Camp, the group Keren helps in. He had been having trouble understanding and communicating what he’d been doing. So I told Keren and Mrs. W that I thought he might have a type of developmental disability I am fairly familiar with.  So, I used the little sign language and non-verbal communication I know from working with those who have similar disabilities and tried to communicate with him. It was a great success! I saw him come more and more out of his shell throughout the day. So much so that by the time it came to sing Jesus Loves Me he was willing to sing it as well as do all the hand motions, which are actually Sign Language!  I was up lifted by what seemed like a little task at first and the staff of New Life Masih Ghar were very grateful because they finally know how to communicate a little bit better with him. It is truly amazing how God uses us in ways we truly don’t expect.  As for the rest of Kid’s Camp, the games group played Gaga Ball (inside because of the weather sadly), and the craft and story teams did amazing like always.

Matthew B.