The Monkeys

The lady featured in the picture here is Colleen Hawthorne, the leader for the monkeys, the 4-7 year old group. She is a missionary in Malaysia, and has been for quite some time. She is Mrs. Orsini's sister, and was visiting the states when she found out about the trip. She is great with all of the kids. She loves to connect with them one-on-one to let them know just how much Jesus loves them. It's pretty powerful, and especially important for the age group she works with, which has been the largest of the three age groups both weeks. Last week, I was privileged to work as the main translator for the monkeys. They are a lot of fun to work with, even though they don't always listen all the time. This week, there are fewer kids who speak French only, so the job of translating is not as large a task any more. Also, we lost some of the helpers we had for sports, so I was offered a job as the main translator for sports as the different age groups come in. In some ways, I've missed working with the monkeys, but it looks now as though I'll be working with translation for them in the afternoons. On a last note, there are a few more kids this week, especially in the monkeys, that have never heard the gospel before, so I would appreciate it if you all would pray for them. So far, they all seem to be taking it all well, but we can never have too much prayer for them. Thanks all!

-Kyle Reilly