Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
Class Mission Trip
On Tuesday Dec. 11th I took my 3rd grade class on our school’s first elementary mission trip! We went to the Santos Pamba Alliance Church and did a Christmas program for the preschoolers. My students helped plan our day. They were each assigned a preschool “amigito” for the day (that was their favorite part!). We had a clown come (she is a secretary at my school and has a Christian clown ministry). The kids loved here! She presented the Christmas story to the kids in a fun way. We did an art project, had snack, and played some games with them. The time went by very fast! I couldn’t stop smiling the whole time we were there. My dream of connecting my two worlds (Alliance and Quichua churches) had come true! The eyes of my students were opened up. They smelled smells they are not used to, saw things they haven’t seen before, and experienced true poverty, however; they didn’t want to leave. They fell in love with their new little friends. When it was time to leave, they were all very sad and begged to stay longer. As we were leaving, my students noticed that the little preschoolers were walking home all by themselves. They asked me, “Miss Hughes, what if they fall down and get hurt, no one will be there to help them. Can I walk them home? Miss Hughes, what if they get robbed, no one will know…what if, what if…” The experience and time at Santos Pamba truly impacted them. I pray that they will never forget that day and that it won’t be the last, but the first of many more mission trips. My students are already begging to go back after Christmas! Not only were my students impacted, but the mothers who went with us also. They couldn’t stop crying the whole time we were there! They each want to support a preschool to be able to go to school! Praise God! Thank you for your prayers for us on Tuesday. I felt them!
Today I met with the preschool teachers (all day!) and we organized the supplies that have been donated from my school. It was a cultural experience! Let’s just say that my way of organizing things is much different than theirs. Tomorrow they are going to begin using the supplies that have been donated. I wish I could be there to see the look on the preschoolers faces when they see what God has blessed them with!
Please continue to pray for the ministry at Santos Pamba and that the Lord will continue to provide for the needs (finishing the construction of the cafeteria and kitchen for Compassion, and $1500 for the house). Thank you!
Last Wednesday I took the high school students to the children’s hospital and we brought Christmas to the kids there. We gave gifts to each child and homemade Christmas cookies. We also went around singing Christmas carols for them. When we arrived the nurses told me about a little 3 year old boy whose mother had abandoned him. They couldn’t get him to eat or stop crying. I immediately went to his room…he was there all by himself, just sitting on his bed staring out the window crying. I went in with a gift for him and a balloon. I started talking to him and playing with the balloon with him and he stopped crying. I then got him to eat by playing airplane with the spoon and he ate all of his food! The nurses came in and were very surprised! They begged me to take him home L I played with him for most of the evening. When it came time for me to leave, he grabbed on to my leg and would not let me leave. He started crying again and said don’t leave my like my mommy did. Oh my gosh, it broke my heart! I wish I could take all of the abandoned kids home with me, but I can’t. Maybe someday God will use me to open an orphanage? Please pray for little Anthony, that he will have a home for Christmas.
May we remember that Jesus is the reason we celebrate this season…blessings to you all and I’m looking forward to seeing you soon.
Today I met with the preschool teachers (all day!) and we organized the supplies that have been donated from my school. It was a cultural experience! Let’s just say that my way of organizing things is much different than theirs. Tomorrow they are going to begin using the supplies that have been donated. I wish I could be there to see the look on the preschoolers faces when they see what God has blessed them with!
Please continue to pray for the ministry at Santos Pamba and that the Lord will continue to provide for the needs (finishing the construction of the cafeteria and kitchen for Compassion, and $1500 for the house). Thank you!
Last Wednesday I took the high school students to the children’s hospital and we brought Christmas to the kids there. We gave gifts to each child and homemade Christmas cookies. We also went around singing Christmas carols for them. When we arrived the nurses told me about a little 3 year old boy whose mother had abandoned him. They couldn’t get him to eat or stop crying. I immediately went to his room…he was there all by himself, just sitting on his bed staring out the window crying. I went in with a gift for him and a balloon. I started talking to him and playing with the balloon with him and he stopped crying. I then got him to eat by playing airplane with the spoon and he ate all of his food! The nurses came in and were very surprised! They begged me to take him home L I played with him for most of the evening. When it came time for me to leave, he grabbed on to my leg and would not let me leave. He started crying again and said don’t leave my like my mommy did. Oh my gosh, it broke my heart! I wish I could take all of the abandoned kids home with me, but I can’t. Maybe someday God will use me to open an orphanage? Please pray for little Anthony, that he will have a home for Christmas.
May we remember that Jesus is the reason we celebrate this season…blessings to you all and I’m looking forward to seeing you soon.
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