We spent one of our mornings at a local children's home to play with the children, show them love, and share a Bible story with them. The school serves children from the villages who's parents can no longer look after them and many have special needs.
When we arrived, the children were overjoyed and we naturally split up into groups to hang out with them. Some of us started a big game of soccer. Others played a series of card games while others colored pictures from the Bible story we were about to hear.
The story was from the book of Daniel -- the famous story of Daniel and the lions' den. All of us gathered under a tree, with kids in our laps or hanging on our shoulders, to listen to Karen read the story in Spanish. We had the kids repeat motions, like pointing to the sky when we said "Dios" ("God"), which they really seemed to enjoy.
By the end of only a few hours, we felt close to these kids -- they had made a lasting impression on our hearts and we hope we were able to do the same for them.
We will be returning to the children's home every week while we are here. Pray that God will use us to show these children love and that he would use the Bible stories to provide these children with hope.