Great first day

We had a great day getting to meet Ananthi, the women who started the Good Samaritan school - what a neat lady with a huge heart for the Lord and children. The 4 school locations now have about 2000 kids. I asked her if she ever dreamed of it becoming so big and she just laughed and said "no - it's all the Lord" - it started with one and now 2000 kids are helped and offered an education they wouldn't otherwise have. That's the impact of being obedient when God calls you. We got to meet most of the kids at two of the schools and through our time here, we will get to do bible stories, music and crafts with most all of them. It's a lot of kids to reach with a team of 4 but God is bigger than us! Tomorrow we are helping with Saturday worship and getting to pray with the staff. We will also visit a few homes in the slums where the children live. Praying we all adjust to the time by tomorrow. So thrown off by this time change - feeling WAY tired! Other than China, I haven't felt this affected by jet lag in a long time. It's 10.5 hours ahead of Nashville so it's similar to China in that the days are pretty much flip-flopped.

The children here are so beautiful and precious and they really value their education. They were so proud of their school work and were so happy to show it to us. In other countries, the kids are more affectionate and want to just pile on you. It's not that way here. So far, the kids here just want to talk with you and tell you about themselves and show you their school work. It is so cute how happy they are to go to school. Our kids in the states could learn alot from these kids about the value of education. This school is giving them hope for a future. And they are learning about Jesus everyday while they are here. I'm so glad we came. This is such an amazing ministry. The needs are great and the workers are few. We need more people to come.

Thanks for your prayers. We have a great team - we will all be getting outside our comfort zones this week as we try to share bibles stories and crafts with 2000 kids and only 4 of us. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us!