Yesterday saw the team spending the day at the Care Corner Orphanage which is situated outside of Chiang Mai. Along with teaching lessons from the Bible, leading in fun games and songs, we also had the joy of purchasing a meal for all the children in the orphanage. Due to financial restraints, it is not common for the orphans to have meat in their meals. When we learned of this, we gladly purchased a meal for all the children in the orphanage.
We started the day as one large group. Melissa Chau and Daniel Ng shared about life in Canada, our school and why we were in Thailand. Josh Han and Jonathan Lin taught the children a couple of fun, Bible songs and had the entire orphanage singing along. We then divided into three groups. One group consisting of the younger children learned about the parable of the lost sheep and made lamb faces from paper plates. The middle-aged children learned about the parable of the unmerciful servant. The eldest children learned about the wise and foolish builder. Dorothy taught the children how to make paper houses and encouraged them to build their young lives on the foundation of Jesus Christ.
After the lessons, we enjoyed a few minutes of simply playing with the children before we entered the canteen where lunch had been prepared. What a joy to sit among these children and share a simple meal of rice, chicken and vegetables with them.
After lunch, the children of the orphanage preformed a couple of dances for us. Candice Taguibao taught the children of Peter walking on water and encouraged the children that like Peter, they cry out to Jesus and he will hear and answer. Alison Li shared her testimony with the children.
We spent the remainder of the time with the children in play.
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