Today it was Team #4 who arrived at the Root Cellar and they were Rob and Elijah Morris; Joanne and Luke Farley; Cherith, Alexis and Hannah Smith, Barbara MacDonald, Sara Long, Matthew Beish and his close friend Brigget Raferty. One of the first things Matthew did with the kids was to teach them a song called, "Making Music In My Heart." It was not just a song, it was an entire song and dance routine. Kind've like the "Funky Chicken" (if you remember that dance you're old) but instead of singing and doing all these crazy motions for fun, we sang and did all these crazy motions for the Lord! You would have to see it to really appreciate it. Shortly after the kids heard a couple of brief narratives on Jesus washing His disciples feet, Jesus in the Garden, Jesus on the Cross and Jesus rising again. Then they were broken up into small groups to discuss what they had just heard. I was amazed as I heard different children recount what they'd heard and read a passage from the bible. You have to remember that the only spiritual food these children are served is when they come to the Root Cellar. That is why we come here; to help bring spiritual food to the hungry!
Once again, Cherity pulled a neat trick out of her little bag and taught these kids how to make big, beautiful flowers out of tissue paper and pipe cleaners. That was a project I learned as a kid but one these kids had never seen before. While that was going on, some of the kids were outside enjoying a brand new parachute! This is something that the kids (kids of all ages) can and do enjoy. We fed them a snack of watermelon, oreo cookies and lemonade, prayed with them and then walked them back down to the park where we played some more games. It was a great day to be a kid!
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