A New Day

Today was a wonderful day! We awoke this morning to a bright sunny Africa morning. It was 65 and sunny most of the day. After our drive out to the orphanage we were greeted with singing and dancing and the most excited kids ever! The children were so excited to see us they could not even stand still. We got started with our VBS and our medical treatments almost immediately. The teens did a wonderful job with the kids. Every time I looked out I saw our teens playing, and hugging on the orphans. We did bible stories, acted out dramas, played games, and even did arts and crafts. The children really enjoyed it.
Ben and Leslie also did medical checkups today. Each orphan was given treatments for worms and parasites as well as screened for other medical problems. The medical stuff went so well Ben quickly became the most popular man in the orphanage.
Soon our 80 member orphanage became a 300+ member village. When word got out that we had games, crafts and a doctor people started showing up in droves. When we saw all the orphans and workers Ben was able to see some local people but we quickly ran out of medicine and time. There were so many people wanting to see the Dr that Ben had to shut himself in a room until we could get the crowd to leave. Luckily everyone was patient and no one got ugly or rude. We finished the day off with a good dinner, devo and cake for Ashley Brown and Kaitlin Kalt who had birthdays this week.
Overall today was night and day different than yesterday. God gave us a great day with lots to see and do. Tomorrow we will be heading out to Sondu, the oldest orphanage GCR has.
Keep us in your prayers as we hit the road again tomorrow!