{"id":46,"date":"2009-06-09T15:28:05","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T15:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/botswana\/?p=46"},"modified":"2012-01-31T23:10:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T23:10:17","slug":"teecha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/botswana\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"Teecha"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hmm. I don\u2019t even know what to write about; these first two days have just been amazing. Right now I\u2019m sitting in our little thatched-roof hut. It\u2019s our break time between leading the school activities and accompanying the OneWay team here in Botswana on an outreach trip to a nearby village, which includes singing, dancing, a bonfire, and storytelling (yeah.. I got out of the storytelling last night, but they did drag me into the dancing :P). One thing I just can\u2019t get over, though, is the Botswana OneWay team\u2019s passion. When they\u2019re worshiping, each person sings out and dances with such freedom, giving Him their all, like the room is empty except for them and God. This feeling is also the same in their prayer and preaching. If people in Naperville could have this kind of zeal for the Lord, it would be truly revolutionary :].<\/p>\n

Ha ok.. enough of that. The experience with the kids today at the school was just as wonderful as yesterday, if not more so. By breaking them into 3 groups we kept relative order, although there\u2019s always just that onee kid, or the awkward moment where we were all kind of asking: \u201cUhh.. so.. anyone know what we should do now?\u201d hah. The day disappeared quickly though as we had them play games with beach balls, draw pictures and use foam stickers, make \u201cJesus bracelets\u201d (the bracelets with the 6 beads, each representing a part to the Gospel), listen to (and participate in through hand motions) stories, and sing songs.\u00a0 With hugs and high fives all around, I was sad to say goodbye. Although I didn\u2019t even attempt to learn 50 kids\u2019 crazy African names in two days, I already felt like I knew some of their unique personalities.<\/p>\n