Yesterday was the first day of "Saddleridge Ranch" and 150 kids joined us on the ranch--twenty-four of them were in our nine-year old class! Everyone of them is as cute as can be in their t-shirt and bandana! Stephen and I, along with JJ (our translator) are helpers/guides. We've glued, sang, danced, played, snacked, memorized (in both Spanish and English), listened and generally had lots of fun with them.
Last night was our third evening campaign. The kids here are very well behaved--no pushing or cutting in line. It makes running the inflatable so much easier! I even managed do to it without Paula on Sunday night because she stayed at the hotel to decorate for VBS. The weather is nice, but once it gets dark, the temperature drops and last night the wind was pretty ferocious!
Up this morning for VBS Day 2 at 6:30; quick breakfast and then back to the ranch. This morning our class swelled to 27 kids. The kids are so sweet. For example, Anthony earned a piece of candy for saying yesterday's verse in front of two groups--when he came back to sit down he gave me the candy! They worked really hard to memorize their new Bible verse today--1 Peter 5:7. They thought that the English version: "Casting all your cares on him, for he careth for you", was much shorter than the Spanish version: "Echando toda vuestra ansiedad sobre el, porque el tiene cuidado de vosotros." In reality, the Spanish is one word longer, but most of the individual words are longer than the English words. We can relate to their struggle to correctly pronounce the English words--we have the same problem in reverse.
Pictures: 1. Two sisters from the campaign last night; 2. Bible verse campfire time for the 9-year olds; 3. Daniela--the runner up for crazy hair day and 4. My sweet friend, Anthony.
After just two days, I've decided that there may be some things that I'm too old for. I don't have a chance keeping up with the singing and dancing at VBS; I'm really hoping no one is getting my attempts on video!
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