Well, as you can imagine, children in Guatemala, when they're not working or in school, have very limited options of fun things to do (there are no camps, playgrounds, pools or YMCAs).
So one of the best things our teams do when they visit us is offer a week-long bible school...
During the week, kids sing about God...
...meet new friends...
...and do art projects! This lesson was no doubt about God loving children even if they look like something from my nightmares.
On Monday we usually see around 30 or so kids, but once word gets out about the bible school we end up with over a 100 by Friday. 
It's amazing to see how incredibly happy kids can get by simply receiving a .99 cent gift like these small boats that they constructed and painted in March.
VBS is also our chance to brainwash them by teaching them American sports like baseball and football. Any man who has ever watched America's Funniest Home Videos can see exactly where this ball is headed...
We play a few games with our parachute that the kids go crazy for. We usually try to bring games and arts/crafts with us to rural locations also so the children can play while their parents are in seeing the doctor.The New Playground!
For over a year we've been dreaming of building a playground at our clinic in Camanchaj and now it's finally done!! We went from a bare dirt field...
...to THIS in only 3 days! Thanks so much to the team from The Turning Point UMC in Evansville, IN!
Christening the new slide - whoa! This kid needs practice! (fortunately for us liability forms don't exist in Guatemala : )
Tell me this smile isn't worth a week of hard work and sweat. Giving kids the chance to actually be kids is easily worth its weight in gold.Carey and I hope you're all well and had a great Easter!
Peace to you,
Jay
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