Saturday (6-11) we had our first of several Saturday afternoon activities with the high schoolers from Consolacion Church of Christ. We took them to a park where we had games and food. We had challenged them to each bring a friend, and were pleasantly surprised to see that a lot of them did. It was so good to see some new, friendly faces. The kids had so much fun playing the games we taught them. It was so funny watching them get into the games, laughing, and having fun. They especially loved relay charades. After playing games, we had American-style hotdogs for them. Filipinos will eat hot dogs (no buns) with rice, but I think this was the first time they had hot dogs with buns. We had to show them what condiments to put on them. It was a great time of getting to know the kids better, and getting to know some new kids. As we were leaving, they all seemed eager to see us the next day at church. I was curious to see if any of the kids' friends would show up to church.
The next day at church (6-11), we were all excited to see Charles, one of the visitors from the previous day. Apparently he is really respected in his community, and a really great guy. He had helped us a lot the day before, and Sunday he helped translate for Ian. We are all hopeful that he will really get involved at Consolacion, and be able to bring a lot to the work there. Sunday evening, we also had over some of the college-aged girls for games and burgers. They are members at Consolacion, but the Whitts were wanting to build better relationships with them, in hopes that they would be more involved at the church. They are all such sweet girls! They really enjoyed playing games. They joked and laughed the whole time, and they kept wanting to play more. We had hamburgers with them, and once again, had to teach them how to build a hamburger. They really enjoyed the night, and wanted to hang out again. I'm hope they will become more involved with Consolacion.
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