Day Four

Oh, boy, did we have a big day today! After breakfast we headed for the school's gym where one of the PE teachers let us in. We played wiffle ball for a few minutes against ourselves while kids filtered in. Today fourth and fifth graders were invited. At first we only had four so we got them into the game and we were amazed at how fast they picked it up. Then a few more came and a few more until we ended up with 17, four of whom were girls. We ran clinics to work on the various skills and played with teams made up of a mix of our group and the kids. Later we made it a FOCUS team against the kids and they were so excited! We finally had to call it quits because it was time for lunch.

Lunch, oh my what a feast! The school cafeteria provided a bountiful and delicious spread for us: 2 pieces of breaded chicken fillets, rice (a staple here), soup, green beans, salad, a roll and several choices of fruit. We were stuffed!

Tonight after dinner the Arruda community choir came to practice at the church. Larry sang with them, even though the Portuguese was hard to pronounce. After they were done, our team sang "Sanctuary" for them in Portuguese and English, did the doctor's office skit and sang King Jesus.

Larry gave the devotion tonight and lights are to be out at 11 p.m. My lights are going out now so I'd better go to bed quick! Thanks for upholding us in prayer.

P.S. Tomorrow, the same kids are invited back again, plus the next age group up. And our tournament will be held on Friday.

Connie
FOCUS team scribe