Halfway!!

Hey everyone!
I know it's been a while since I last blogged, and some things have happened that I should be updating people about, such as my new placement, the VBS program we hosted at YWAM, and all the maintenance work we got to do on the base every afternoon!

Last week I spent Tuesday through Friday at the King's Children's Home in Belmopan. You can check out the website here: http://www.kingschildrenshome.org/
I'll have to say it's been quite the experience so far. I'm still not entirely sure what to make of it. The kids had the week off for Easter, so they were all there all day every day. The place was also pretty crowded with a missions team from Bermuda painting all the children's rooms, so the children weren't allowed to be in their rooms. My first day I went with Liesl because Aislin, my original partner for this placement, wasn't feeling well. We found ourselves trying to find something to do when we got there because nobody introduced themselves to us. Someone finally mentioned to us that we could help out Dora, the laundry lady. So we spent well over an hour hanging up clothes on the clotheslines in the backyard.
Generally, the things I did there were hang up laundry, take the kids to the park, help with the painting (on Friday) and basically just babysit the kids. There were points where I felt rather useless, and those were the times when I just wanted to be home. The upcoming week is when the kids are back in school again, so hopefully Aislin and I will be able to have a bit of a schedule for each day. Last week wasn't a regular schedule week, and that was the week we just happened to begin our placement. Next week is the final week of my second placement already! Monday the 16th is the halfway point for the trip...it's amazing how fast it's going by!
The week before last was the week that our team hosted a VBS program for the children of Roaring Creek. Our first day produced only a few children, but we still had a blast doing crafts, Bible stories and sports. I was part of the crafts team so we thought up some awesome crafts for the kids for each day. At the end of the first day we asked each child to invite a friend for the next day, and voila! The next day we had almost double the amount of kids! The mornings flew by with the kids, and it was neat to get to know some of them. After VBS and lunch, we'd all work at the base doing general maintenance. I spent one afternoon scrubbing the outside of a house with some girls, and we managed to get eachother rather soaked with the hose in the process. Another day I was in the kitchen helping to bake almost 100 cupcakes for the next day's VBS. I cleaned fridges, swept out cabanas, and all that good stuff! Our nights are usually spent relaxing, emailing, playing Dutch Blitz, and enjoying eachothers' company during group devotions every night at 8:30. I love living at the base! Whenever we mention "home" we usually mean here at YWAM. Whenever we talk about "home" home, we need to emphasize the fact that it's in Canada. I'll say it again, we're at the halfway point tomorrow so we are getting very used to it here : )
Well, it's almost time to go to church so I'm going to end this post with just a few pictures of what I've been up to since I last posted!
Missing you all!
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