Family ministry at Ntabas

Every Saturday our team does
ministry together as a family. We have done various projects and ministries on
these Saturdays, but this past Saturday the 15^th our team joined
Ashley and I at our carepoint. We started off the morning gathering children at
their homes and chatting with the Gogos, who were surprised to see us there on
a Saturday. The number of children quickly multiplied as we started singing
songs, and playing soccer. A few of us started painting the kids faces, and Ben
made them balloon animals. The kids loved seeing themselves in the mirror I
brought, their faces lit up with laughter and excitement. They loved wearing
the balloons as hats, which made their new look even crazier. After painting countless
flowers and hearts, and changing some faces to look like zebras, leopards, or
lions we gathered the group for a story. Our team acted out a completely
unpracticed skit of the crucifixion, followed by an explanation of how much God
gave up for them because he loves them. We ended the day with some hilarious
relay races. We started with one that required two teammates to hold a balloon
between their bodies while running, without using any hands. The second relay
race was the crabwalk, which some of them found very difficult. The last race
involved some funky clothes that we brought from the storage closet. Putting on
a ridiculous skirt, shirt and hat, the kids proceeded to run to the other side
of the field where they would tear the clothing off before racing to tag their
teammate. I found myself laughing hysterically and jumping up and down as I
watching my kids participate in these ridiculous races. The school kids had a
blast competing against each other, and the little ones simply giggled their way
through all of the races. The Gogos even participated in a few races! All in
all, the day brought far more laughter and excitement than I ever could have
asked for. It was amazing having the team meet our kids, and seeing each kid
get so much individual attention. Being able to spend the day pouring into our
kids, and just letting them feel special was priceless, I wish we could do it
every Saturday!!