Summer Sizzle

We had a great time at summer sizzle yesterday. There were 31 kids in attendance. Praise God! That is less than half of what we had two years ago, but given the situation mentioned in yesterday's blog, we are overjoyed at the turn out. We hope to see attendance increase more and more each day.

Here David is narrating a skit explaining the call of Moses. Jim Melf is Moses.

The kids loved the skit!

We got to sing songs with the children and teach them hand motions.

The kids loved playing group games facilitated by our teams. Its amazing how competitive they are in this culture...even the adults are willing to cheat to win!

In the evening we did home visits. These visits tend to be the highlight of the trip for many of us. Last night my team visited an Iraqi family who has been in Jordan for about 4 months. The mother spoke perfect English. She was a high school English teacher in Iraq and said she learned her american accent from watching movies. Julie was really able to connect with her about her favorite TV show ER. The family had four girls, the youngest was about four months old (same age as Calvin). The father (an engineer) had been threatened while at work which is what led them to seek refuge in Jordan. He still has nightmares. The girls had no sense of joy or innocence. They seemed somber and scared. In fact, when their father told them some Americans were coming to visit they assumed we were troops. When they saw us though, they thought we were from the movies. It was extremely hot in their home, which was concrete with no furniture. Calvin was sweating. I can't imagine raising a baby there. My heart was filled with compassion for them. We were able to drop off some food and pray a blessing over them when we left. We invited the girls to Summer Sizzle. Please pray for this family and all of the others. Their story is not original. There are hundreds of thousands of refugees living in Jordan. Pray that God would use these hard times in their life for his glory.