Day 5

Earth Plants and Fruit

The importance of giving children an objective and really help stimulate their minds. Slime was the highlight of today’s activities. We made slime out of glue and liquid starch. At first it was just this lump of white dough on their tables but soon it became long noodles and then they ended up covered in spider webs.

The younger kids made an even bigger mess but the teachers never seem to mind. Actually the staff seems to enjoy it more when there is a mess. They really have good hearts and there is so much to learn from them.

Day 6

Last day for LY

Day is the last day we have with the children in the LY location, which is sad.

During devotion I shared about my experiences of dealing with my mother’s battle with cancer and her death. It’s still impossible to share without tearing up but I wanted them to know how God had been good to me throughout. How only through realizing my role as a x was I able to deepen my relationship with my mom. Also, how experiencing her death is teaching me to trust g which is deepening my relationship in God.

Although caring for the children can be pretty tiring, its really rewarding to see children’s faces light up with the activities. On the last day we just had a big animal party with face panting, fishing in balloons and tossing sock puppets filled with rice The kids really just wanted to play with the balloons all day but that’s alright.

I’m learning it’s so important to be flexible and creative with children and how it doesn’t matter if the activity is perfect. The only thing that really matters is that the children are stimulated and have fun.

Our last meal with the staff was a pizza party. Although we are so culturally different, there will always be one thing everyone has in common. We all like pizza.

Day 7

East Asia Team 2 is back in full force! It so exciting to hear about everyone’s experiences and how our team got close with the children they cared for.

During devotion David had a message for us. He shared with us how God calls us to trust in others whole-heartedly. How his first impression of people can prevent him from trusting which limits his relationships. How can we love people without trust?

Matt also said something that really moved me. He told one of his mentors that something he sought after was to have pure intentions. His mentor told him that our intentions would never be completely pure because we have sin. This was a life altering statement for him because this means we can’t achieve this perfection. All we need to do is accept this gift of grace and know that we are saved and clean through the death of Jesus Christ. If we strive for perfection or pure intentions ourselves, we will never be satisfied.

The children were a blast today and it was especially wonderful for me to see the growth in children I met a year ago. One orphan I cared for last year with cataracts created a dance that she performs whenever the class sings. It was so touching.

Also, many teachers I met remembered me and are already planning to see me next year. Haha.

I can tell our whole team had changed with our time with FH so please p for us to meditate and grow in this experience.

– Michael Wang