Arts & crafts

Daniel helps with art and crafts. We learned from last week that some crafts need more preparation. It is wonderful to have so many hands!

Claire Beer

Claire is holding Alexandra, one of our VBS girls. Each child has had a teen to hold their hand as we walk through the streets of St. Paul on our way to sports and in each activity. Thank you , Claire, for your cheery smile and song leading.

Katie in the kitchen

Katie is really an amazing worker. She always keeps us fed. However she doesn't just throw something together. No, she makes sure that the food is all decoratively arranged. And then if that’s not enough work she also cleans everything up and gives the kids their snacks. Thank you Katie!

Daniel Stephens (for MadameS)

More on the other blog!

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Notre actrice magnifique

Christine Orsini is one of our actrices for the Sketch each morning. She is very gifted in drama and the kids love her expressions, comedy and energy. She and her sister, Kelly, make a hilarious team.

Christine has also helped me with translation and worked with the Francophone kids. We appreciate her !

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

Bastille Day Fireworks

Last night we drove to Nice and walked along La Promenade des Anglais with 100,000 other people. There was music, food and dancing. As it turned dark, we sat on the beach to watch the fireworks.
Daniel, Stephen, Jonathan and Reagan went into the Mediterranean Sea and had a great time jumping and rolling in the waves.
As the fireworks went off from boats in the middle of the bay, we could see the reflection in the waves. It was magical.