To our friends in the U.S.,
Yesterday was our last day at VBS. 106 children arrived excited to be there. It was a very rainy morning which limited some activities. Although we had some soccer players that played till they were soaked. It was hard to say goodbye knowing that we won't see them again and the situations that they are returning to.
We were able to connect Tina to a local pastor that will be able to follow up with her and help her make some life decisions to help her out of her difficult situation. She was so blessed to see all of us loving on her kids that it brought her to tears. It was neat to see our men and boys love on these children all week.
In the afternoon we were able to return to the orphanage "St. Marys". The place we did ministry last time we were here. It was really good to see the kids, they remembered us by name and ran to greet us when our bus drove in. We were only there two hours which was difficult. The kids wanted us to come back today. Our original plan was to spend the week with these kids although God had a different plan. We are thankful for the two hours we spent with them.
Our afternoon was spent at a mall eating some needed ice cream/frappacino treats. In the evening we attended a youth rally at a church in a different village.
It is Saturday morning and we are heading for Port of Spain and the beach for a little fun in the sun! Thank you for praying for us so faithfully. We will all be heading home tomorrow early in the am. Please pray for safe travels! Blessings!
Dana, Amy & Heidi
for Team Trinidad
p.s. Hats off to those on our team for trying the native food including pigs feet, ground up heart, and others things.......yum yum bring on the Tums
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Day 5
Good evening dear friends and family too.
Here comes our daily update from us to you.
Our daily meeting, devotional, and worship time started off our day,
then to breakfast for fry-bakes, our favorite while we're away.
By 8:30 we left on buses to do VBS some more,
once again more children came ... around 94.
The theme today was "man looks at outward appearances, but the Lord looks at the heart,
and many memorized their verses, they are so smart.
Today we met a mom, Tina, please pray for her.
She feels hopeless, has been abused, and needs Jesus for sure.
After lunch many from our team headed to an orphanage that was small.
We played with them, they performed for us, and that wasn't all.
We did our lil' Nimo skit about the prodigal son,
we worshiped with them, and had such fun.
Dinner was spaghetti ... good American stuff,
sometimes eating this chicken and rice can get pretty rough.
It was Doug's 44th birthday, we had a party for him.
The kids performed a birthday song that was as creative as Tim.
Then we had our wrap-up meeting, awards, and worship too.
We just want to say thanks for praying for us this week, we sure appreciate you!
Scott & Michelle Chapman
for Team Trinidad 2007
Here comes our daily update from us to you.
Our daily meeting, devotional, and worship time started off our day,
then to breakfast for fry-bakes, our favorite while we're away.
By 8:30 we left on buses to do VBS some more,
once again more children came ... around 94.
The theme today was "man looks at outward appearances, but the Lord looks at the heart,
and many memorized their verses, they are so smart.
Today we met a mom, Tina, please pray for her.
She feels hopeless, has been abused, and needs Jesus for sure.
After lunch many from our team headed to an orphanage that was small.
We played with them, they performed for us, and that wasn't all.
We did our lil' Nimo skit about the prodigal son,
we worshiped with them, and had such fun.
Dinner was spaghetti ... good American stuff,
sometimes eating this chicken and rice can get pretty rough.
It was Doug's 44th birthday, we had a party for him.
The kids performed a birthday song that was as creative as Tim.
Then we had our wrap-up meeting, awards, and worship too.
We just want to say thanks for praying for us this week, we sure appreciate you!
Scott & Michelle Chapman
for Team Trinidad 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Day 4
Hello everyone, Connor here. It's Day 4 here in Trinidad. After another breakfast of eggs, we were off to Jacob's Hill for another day of VBS. We did the usual music, and skit to start things off and both were success's. We did a little paper mache treasure chest for craft time, which was a big, and messy hit. For sports time, we suprisingly enough laid off on the soccer aka FUTBOL today, and mixed things up with some good 'ole American baseball. [which by the way, does anyone know if Bonds broke the record?] But it was an overall good day.
This afternoon we got to do some liming. Hang with the locals, swim, sleep, and really do whatever. But after a couple hours of laziness, we got to experience the joy of mixing and spreading concrete. . . in the rain. . . for nearly 3 hours. . . and let me tell you, it wasn't easy. We used teamwork though, and got through the "gresume slave labor" as some are calling it. Though a few of us, including myself, came out of it with some cuts and blisters, It was a good experience.
Tonight, some of our own got baptized here on the compound by Pastor Ashook. They were Camrie Nixon, Don Brown, and Natalie Russell. We got the whole thing on tape, so those of you that are freaking out because you missed it [you know who you are] when we get the team video out to the team members, you'll be able to see it. It was a powerful night.
After all of that work, instead of having a debriefing session before bed, my dad decided to cut us some slack and let us play some games. Our team, the interns here on the compound, and even some of the kitchen staff played some Over The Mountain, and George Butt. We had some slips while playing over the mountain [two of which were me] but other than those, which actually made it all the more fun, we had a good time. It was a good end to a good day, but of course we had to walk to the local KFC to make the day even better. After chowing down, we came back here to the compound, and now that everyone is asleep, except for a few restless kids, I could wright this blog. See you soon everyone!
P.S.
Keep Praying for us, specifically that more children will begin to come to VBS, and that we lead some of the children to christ. BYE!
Connor Hickox
for Team Trinidad 2007
This afternoon we got to do some liming. Hang with the locals, swim, sleep, and really do whatever. But after a couple hours of laziness, we got to experience the joy of mixing and spreading concrete. . . in the rain. . . for nearly 3 hours. . . and let me tell you, it wasn't easy. We used teamwork though, and got through the "gresume slave labor" as some are calling it. Though a few of us, including myself, came out of it with some cuts and blisters, It was a good experience.
Tonight, some of our own got baptized here on the compound by Pastor Ashook. They were Camrie Nixon, Don Brown, and Natalie Russell. We got the whole thing on tape, so those of you that are freaking out because you missed it [you know who you are] when we get the team video out to the team members, you'll be able to see it. It was a powerful night.
After all of that work, instead of having a debriefing session before bed, my dad decided to cut us some slack and let us play some games. Our team, the interns here on the compound, and even some of the kitchen staff played some Over The Mountain, and George Butt. We had some slips while playing over the mountain [two of which were me] but other than those, which actually made it all the more fun, we had a good time. It was a good end to a good day, but of course we had to walk to the local KFC to make the day even better. After chowing down, we came back here to the compound, and now that everyone is asleep, except for a few restless kids, I could wright this blog. See you soon everyone!
P.S.
Keep Praying for us, specifically that more children will begin to come to VBS, and that we lead some of the children to christ. BYE!
Connor Hickox
for Team Trinidad 2007
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