Game Time

On the first day of game time, things started out a little slow. I think everybody was hanging back to see what in the world we were going to do with a bunch of pins, bean bags and rope. There were several kids that played, but there were more kids that just stood and watched. I could see a lot of adults off in the background watching too. It went well though. The kids picked up the games very quick and seemed to really have a good time. In game time, the kids are split into 4 teams with each team having a team color.....red, blue, green or yellow. On most games, only one person from each team is competing while the rest of his or her team is cheering them on by yelling their team color. These kids bought into that wide open. They screamed their team colors at the top of their lungs and when a person from their team would win, the whole line of kids would scream and jump up and down. Their enthusiasm was just too cool. Each team is also lead by an adult leader. I just want to say that our leaders did such a great job of getting everybody involved and showing those kids the love of Christ and just plain getting excited. You can't have game time without good team leaders. Mary was also a huge help because she helps in gametime at church so she's familiar with the games, and over there she could translate and get the kid's attention like nobody else could.

After game time, we would take the walk back up to the church and have bible school. The kids chanted their team colors almost all the way.

Trivia: On the day this picture was taken, who played a donkey complete with a youth pastor on his back in the skit for bible school?


Answer: the large american