Our last day at Orphanage #24 began with a clown! Becky, one of our small group volunteers that runs Dawn Ministries, knew of a Russian Christian Clown that did performances. Immediately, he engauged the kids in his antics and had them on stage and laughing. It was particularly fun to see Harvey invited up on stage and used in his show. The kids enjoyed seeing him up there and so did the rest of us!
Dawn Ministries, a singing group formed out of youth from the Logos Chruch here in St. Petersburg, performed for the kids. Four of these youth were some of the translators that we had used this past week. i think some of the kids were surprised that they were part of a singing group.
When Dawn began singing their first song a small mouse appeared out of a hole and crossed the stage just below them! The Clown acted scared and craweled up on his chair! The kids were
standing and streatching their necks to see the mouse who stole the show! Nevertheless, Dawn kept their concentration and didn't miss a beat! Certainly it will be a performance to remember!
After the performance, the Clown had me say a few words to the group. I thanked them for the week and the clown translated... or so I thought! When he was translating, he was saying the Russian equivalent of Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah! I knew what he was doing, but did my own acting to say a few words with great annimation! The kids enjoyed that "act" too!
When they returned to their small groups, they were able to finish crafts, talk a little about the week, and then pass out gifts. We had preparred gift bags for each of the kids that included a t-shirt in the color of the St. Petersburg Soccer Team (Blue), a nice pen, and a Bennie Baby. All seemed to enjoy the gifts and appreciated them.
When we left there were lots of hugs handed out from the kids to the trip participants, translators, and the volunteers we had brought. The translators had indicated that this one one of their best expereinces with our ministry especially with this being the first time at a new ministry site.
Sara Beth told me later that there were 4 kids in her group of 19 that wanted to invite Christ into their lives! Other groups had many seeds planted and relationships built as we concluded our week. The Children's Director seemed pleased and even participated in making some of the crafts that we had brought! I'll visit her later this week to get her perspective on how things went during our visit.
It's amazing! We seemed to have enough supplies, translators worked out, the kids received us well, and all things worked out together in the end! God is in control and He's wonderful on how He puts everything in place to work towards his will! Amen!
Dawn Ministries, a singing group formed out of youth from the Logos Chruch here in St. Petersburg, performed for the kids. Four of these youth were some of the translators that we had used this past week. i think some of the kids were surprised that they were part of a singing group.
When Dawn began singing their first song a small mouse appeared out of a hole and crossed the stage just below them! The Clown acted scared and craweled up on his chair! The kids were
standing and streatching their necks to see the mouse who stole the show! Nevertheless, Dawn kept their concentration and didn't miss a beat! Certainly it will be a performance to remember!After the performance, the Clown had me say a few words to the group. I thanked them for the week and the clown translated... or so I thought! When he was translating, he was saying the Russian equivalent of Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah! I knew what he was doing, but did my own acting to say a few words with great annimation! The kids enjoyed that "act" too!
When they returned to their small groups, they were able to finish crafts, talk a little about the week, and then pass out gifts. We had preparred gift bags for each of the kids that included a t-shirt in the color of the St. Petersburg Soccer Team (Blue), a nice pen, and a Bennie Baby. All seemed to enjoy the gifts and appreciated them.
When we left there were lots of hugs handed out from the kids to the trip participants, translators, and the volunteers we had brought. The translators had indicated that this one one of their best expereinces with our ministry especially with this being the first time at a new ministry site.
Sara Beth told me later that there were 4 kids in her group of 19 that wanted to invite Christ into their lives! Other groups had many seeds planted and relationships built as we concluded our week. The Children's Director seemed pleased and even participated in making some of the crafts that we had brought! I'll visit her later this week to get her perspective on how things went during our visit.
It's amazing! We seemed to have enough supplies, translators worked out, the kids received us well, and all things worked out together in the end! God is in control and He's wonderful on how He puts everything in place to work towards his will! Amen!
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