Thursday - July 26

Although we did not run a clinic today, we were blessed with the opportunity to visit a local school to do our skits and share the good news. One of my favorite parts of visiting the school was hearing them sing to us thanking us for being there and loving on them. I loved how while they were singing a cute special needs kid came to each of us and gave us hugs. We were able to spend a hour or so there doing our Jonah puppet skit, crafts, and playing with them. Being able to see the joy God has put in their hearts even in the conditions in which they live will forever warm my heart! After we left the school we had a feeding in a squatter village. A squatter village is basically an area of makeshift huts for people whose homes were destroyed in the flooding from typhoons. This was one of the hardest things for me to watch. As soon as we unloaded our giant tupperware buckets with soup out of our van, people came with any kind of container they could salvage to get food for their families. Every time I poured a ladle full of soup into a plastic container my heart would break a little from seeing each sick, hungry kid. After getting their food they would quickly eat it all and come back asking for more until we were literally scrapping the bottom. When all the food was gone we stayed a while making balloon animals and walking through the village. As we left I was sad we could not do more, but thankful that God was able to work through us to show his everlasting love. I can't wait to see how God works through me the rest of the trip and even after I come home! -Rachel Mull