Scavenger Hunt and Paddle Pops!

Today we went to visit a lady that goes to church named Gwen. She owns quite a bit of land and gave us a lot of fruit. We even got to use this 15 foot long stick to get grapefruit out of the trees. It was quite funny, my arms were shaking as I tried to hold the stick steady and get it underneath the fruit to push it out of the tree. After that we went inside to talk a while. She babysits her granddaughter Kathleen, who is 10 months old. It made me think of Ashleigh, Lance, and Caedmon. (We really miss you by the way!) She was precious and we really enjoyed playing and being around her.

This afternoon was our last Tween activity and it rained all day for the most part. We only had four kids today and we had worked hard to make it a great last time together. We still had lots of fun. We had made up a bible scripture scavenger hunt with different verses of the bible. They worked together to look up the different verses and then find each clue. It was so sweet listening to them read the verses because their English isn't quite perfect yet. We stayed with them the whole time, so we would let them know if they figured out the right word out of the verse to focus on. It was hilarious to listen to them pick out what they thought the word was. Example: The son of man .......... Then a boy named Ray said, "It's the son of man" and got up to look for Jesus outside. We got a little tickled. In the video below the clue is utensil. They finally got the hang of it, and it was great to see them work together the whole time. A lot of the kids could not come because they had to babysit. That is a big part of the Samoan culture. The young kids get put in the hands of the kids that are older and they are in charge of taking care of them instead of the parents. We'll get to have these kids in Vacation Bible School, so it's not the last time we'll see them which is good because we were definitely not ready to say goodbye yet.

Tonight we ate upstairs at the Ashley's and had this Mexican casserole dish that was very yummy. After we ate we went to the bush store to get New Zealand ice cream. I had a rainbow paddle pop, which made me feel like I was 12 years old again, and it was summer....and it made me think I was and am having the time of my life! The paddle pop was very sweet different colored ice cream. After that it was time to practice our dance. And we practiced and practiced. Yes, we were serious, the one we're doing in front of 2 Samoan congregations and other visitors. If only ya'll could see us I think everyone would laugh hysterically. Anyways, we're pretty beat. We spend our last day with Putela tomorrow, so that will be sad. He is such a great man. I just ask that you be praying for the lectureship and for us as we prepare to get ready to teach kids next week with VBS. We're missing everyone! Hope all is well back on the Mainland.