Poor School and Remar

On Tuesday, we had the pleasure of getting to spend a large portion of the day with kids.

Our first stop was a poor school, high up on a volcano near San Salvador. The had the opportunity to lead these 50 kids in games with a parachute, jumprope, face painting, making bracelets, and (of course) piñatas.
These school does not receive much of any funding at all, and is run by a few mothers (maybe 10:1 ratio)

Later that afternoon, we drove to La Libertad to visit, Remar, an orphanage. As we opened the doors of the vans, we were instantly enveloped with hugs from the kids. They were like dry sponges waiting to soak up the water of love. There were well over a hundred kids ready to play (in the midst of the humid and hot weather, at least it was for us) =)
We had the opportunity to use the Evangecube once again here...the kids were drawn in by the the cube that looked like a toy, as we reviewed the gospel with them. It was encouraging to hear that many of the kids were receieving solid instruction in the Bible everyday. One kids listened to us share the gospel with it, and then took at and shared it with his kid friend.

At the end, they stood on the steps as we sang them songs in English, including Jesus Love Me. As we left, there were many many hugs, and one boy shouted in Spanish, “See you later or in heaven!” What a beautiful childlike faith.