Airport Day

Last Friday the kids had airport day. The teachers had set up an airport in another building to teach them about airports. They made play passports the day before. They had passports, tickets and carry on bags. They were giving a lot of instructions about airports.

They had to stick together in family groups. The two younger classes that didn't have an older sibling were assigned to older children to watch. They were told about watching / hanging onto their bags. Lane lost his. He wasn't watching it and so it was stolen. But he was carrying his ticket and passport in his hand so he still got on the plane.

I want to brag on Tobias and how he has stepped up to the plate in being responsible. One little girl's bag was stolen and her passport and ticket were in it. Since she didn't have either she wasn't allowed to get on the plane. Tobias stayed with her. Actually her and her sister joined my kids and stuck together. Tobias said is she can't get on the plane then he wasn't getting on either. He wasn't going to leave her alone.

The teachers also told the kids what is was going to be like for the parents. That we would be tired. They were told that they shouldn't whine and complain, that it is going to be a tiring process. They even experienced plane delays in their little pretend airport. Some children after airport day were saying they are so glad that they are not parents!!!

A Busy Week

We have had a very busy week and the next week is going to be even more busy. We had 8 hours on the persecuted church this week. The stories brought tears to our eyes. I also came away feeling like a very pitiful and weak christian.

Thursday we went to Washington, DC. We left here at 8 AM on 4 big tour buses. We pulled into Union Station about 10:30 AM. We had Ethiopian food for lunch. I have been missing out for years on good food. We loved it. We did a lot of prayer walking. We listened for people speaking in other languages. We observed people of different nationalities ordering food and interacting with their families. We got to visit with people in the Zambian Embassy, what a blessing. The buses left at 5PM. We were very tired from all of the walking that we did. It was a very good day.