Kids Across America Higher Ground - Sunday
Today, the Lord’s Day, the HG family joined a local body and worshipped with them. There was also another SCORE group who attended so the visitors far outweighed the members. Thank goodness for our SCORE interpreter or most of us would’ve been lost as to what was even going on. It was a great service and an inspiring sermon. The pastor preached about the fact that we Christians are in a battle and we are the target that the enemy is after. Therefore, we need to be prepared for the battle by using the armor of God as our protection and weapon. The HG girls also performed their praise dance and it was well received.
The rest of the day was an “off” day (they let their bus drivers and some of their staff have the day off) so after lunch half the group went horseback riding, and the other half went to the beach to tackle the Caribbean Sea again. For some of the kids, this was their very first horse ride, and everyone seemed to enjoy it. We only had one little drama . . . One of our girls’ horse decided they were going to go their own way and the particular girl didn’t understand how to make the horse go the way it should, so she ended up going down the wrong road and then into a field. The trail boss went galloping after her and after several minutes rescued her and brought her back. No harm done, although she was scared for a few minutes. It was quite an experience having 10 people on horses with 2 men, neither of them spoke any English. So we all pretty much communicated by sign language, or they would say, “Hey, lady, hey lady” until we figured out what they meant.
Then the evening was spent preparing skits, crafts, games and an art mural that will be painted at the orphanage we are returning to tomorrow. Everyone is holding up great and attitudes are still fantastic. Parents, thanks for sharing your kids with us for these two weeks. We are truly blessed.
