Monday, Monday!

Before I begin the post for Monday...Bryon Black has been posting pics on Facebook. It is on his page. You may look at what we have done so far.

So Monday started crazy early! Wake up call came at 6:30AM, after not getting in from the block party til midnight or so. The weather again was cold and rainy, typical Seattle weather, but abnormal for this time of the year.

We journeyed out to the Boys and Girls Club. Here is the twist. They wanted us to work at the club for the full 8 hours. They initially told us they wanted us to a soccer camp (which we were prepared for) but now they were allowing us to do the Backyard Bible Club. HOWEVER, we could still do the games, crafts, and not-so-Christian songs, and we could not open the Bible to tell our stories.

Well, now FLEXIBILITY is coming into play.

We prayed about how God was going to use this. We prayed for creativity. We prayed for openess.

The club typically has 120 kids daily that are split into 3 age groups. We were ready for 3 age groups, but 120 kids...WOW! Due to the holiday (July 5th) and the weather, we had 30 kids total. Which means, one group, all together. We sang some songs, played some games, including dodgeball, and then went to a local park for the remaining part of the day. Chilly, rainy, outside playing. It was awesome.

The park had a ginourmous playground and a beach on a lake. Kids began going swimming (remember it was maybe 60 degrees at this point). It was insane, but they had a blast. We weren't able to sit down and do crafts or tell a large group story, but what took place was simply God.

Our students just loved on kids. They shared Jesus in action and many of them told the kids about Gods love and how He sent Jesus to save us. It was very cool.

We loaded up. Headed back to the club and then back to the hotel.

Some of us then headed down to the Seattle Mariners game. A great time, but a loss for the M's.

Tuesday we are headed to a Battered Women's Thrift Store to serve!