day 4 was the first day we got to see the children. we were all very excited to finally meet them! as soon as we stepped off the bus in nyamata, we were greeted by several of the sponsored children performing a native african dance.
after the dancing, we were led into the church which was filled with children singing praises to the Father.
during the presentation of many, many wonderful songs reed and i noticed one little guy in particular. he had been looking at us quite a bit and us at him. we knew it was muyvuni so we finally called him over and he immediately came and sat on my lap. i can't explain the joy we both felt at seeing him face to face. this sweet child we have come to know through written letters is finally standing before us. it was awesome. we are blessed by a BIG God.
the nyamata children's choir
about 30 minutes into the singing, dancing & praising God the pastor of the church & the project director came to the front for brock's baptism. it was a very special time for brock and also for the people of nyamata. they told him he is the 499th member of their church!
one of the many things we had the privilege of doing while we were there was passing out gift bags to each of the children sponsored by wakm through compassion international. it's a fairly long process of picture taking, but this little guy definitely made us all smile! he was looking down at the ground and not smiling so the adults starting telling him to "look up." so he did!
once the bags were handed out, we headed up the hill to the project office to have lunch. at every project office we went to throughout the trip we were met with a spread similar to this!
stephen calling out "i need 5 over here" trying to make teams for soccer. they absolutely loved playing soccer. and not surprisingly, they were really good!!
after an afternoon of playing with the children, we hopped back on the bus and headed home. the countryside is absolutely breathtaking.
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