Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Quick Update

Hey everyone,

We wrapped up our second day of work at Exodus today. The team is working really hard. I decided to give the kids the night off from writing on the blog, so I'll just try to give you an idea of what a typical day at the program looks like:

6:45 - breakfast
7:20 - walk out the door to Exodus
8:10ish - arrive at Exodus
8:30 - go to breakfast at local school with Exodus kids
9:10 - morning assembly
9:30 - 12:00 - tutoring time (reading, writing, math, etc.)
12:00 - lunch back at the same local school
12:45 - creative time (arts/crafts or some other fun activity)
1:15 - recreation time at the park (so far consisting of kickball, basketball, dodgeball and playground time)
3:15 - afternoon snack
4:00 - praise and worship time
4:40 - ending assembly
5:00 - kids go home

We then eat dinner at Exodus. Tonight we had an awesome dinner of chicken fajitas, chips and salsa, watermelon, salad and cheesecake. We got back to the hostel shortly after 8:00. After we get back to the hostel we grab showers and try to get some down time before it all starts over again.

Prayer Requests:
- Please continue to pray for Catherine...the swelling on her arm has gone down, but it is still hurting her. It hasn't slowed her down, though. She was the MC for our praise and worship time and ending assembly while the Exodus director, Matt, was away. She did awesome. Also pray for our coordinator, Bobbi Jo. She has water in one of her knees, so she's experiencing some discomfort from that.
- Please pray for our rest. Some of us have had a hard time either falling asleep or sleeping straight through the night. Getting up for a 6:45 breakfast is also a bit hard. :-)
- Please pray that God would give us wisdom in how to love the kids at Exodus. We want to be able to serve the tutors we're working with and also manage/discipline the kids in a way that is best for them.
- We got good feedback on our praise and worship time today, so thanks for praying. The students on our team have put another skit together for tomorrow, so please pray that the Exodus kids will respond well to what we're sharing with them. Daniel will be sharing his testimony during that time, so please pray specifically for him!

Try to post again tomorrow with pictures...

1 comment:

Scott Puckett said...

Wow you guys really have a full day! We'll continue to pray for you all. With Rileigh text messaging now...the world is a safer place.