Yesterday we offered two after school camps for the younger students (K – 6th grade). We had a Bravo Music camp and a crafts and games camp. These camps ran from 3:00 to 5:00 and will continue through Friday. People in our group brought their musical instruments and were able to introduce the children to the flute, violin, trombone and recorder. They also used recordings to help the children with instrument recognition. The group purchased a dozen recorders for the school and they began to teach the students how to play hot cross buns on their instrument. In the crafts and games camp the children enjoyed making band bracelets with their names or other inspirational word on them. They also enjoyed playing Chutes and Ladders, Jenga and Checkers. We discovered that the people of the D.R. play checkers by different rules than we do in the U.S. No one has quite figured it out yet.
Thursday
The day started at the school’s morning gathering where our group had the privilege of presenting the Doulos Discovery School with a check for $30,000. This donation came from the Prairie Lutheran capital tithing campaign and was possible because of the generosity of the members of Prairie Lutheran Church. This money is going to be used by the school to construct a cover for the basketball court and gym platform. The school currently has no athletic space that is protected from the rain causing physical education and sporting activities to be canceled throughout the school year and for much of the rainy season of November through February.
The work teams continued on the final touches of the playground painting and staining project. The playground is looking good and we were praising God for the scattered clouds that gave us an occasional reprieve from the hot sun. A couple women who are gifted seamstresses continued to work on making costumes for the school. These costumes will be used by the 10th grade class as part of their expedition on the Renaissance Period. The students will be selecting a Revolutionary Leader to study and will take on that persona in a final presentation. Costumes have been made for historical figures such as Martin Luther, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Queen Elizabeth and Isabella de’ Este.
The day started at the school’s morning gathering where our group had the privilege of presenting the Doulos Discovery School with a check for $30,000. This donation came from the Prairie Lutheran capital tithing campaign and was possible because of the generosity of the members of Prairie Lutheran Church. This money is going to be used by the school to construct a cover for the basketball court and gym platform. The school currently has no athletic space that is protected from the rain causing physical education and sporting activities to be canceled throughout the school year and for much of the rainy season of November through February.
The work teams continued on the final touches of the playground painting and staining project. The playground is looking good and we were praising God for the scattered clouds that gave us an occasional reprieve from the hot sun. A couple women who are gifted seamstresses continued to work on making costumes for the school. These costumes will be used by the 10th grade class as part of their expedition on the Renaissance Period. The students will be selecting a Revolutionary Leader to study and will take on that persona in a final presentation. Costumes have been made for historical figures such as Martin Luther, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Queen Elizabeth and Isabella de’ Este.
Today we also had the fun opportunity to offer more than 30 prom dresses for the high school girls to select for their upcoming dance. These dresses were generously donated by many people in Eden Prairie. The girls were not expecting this and were very pleased by the large selection.
As the week has progressed, it has been fun to see the relationships develop between the Youth of our group and the students of the school. The students seem to really love having us here and they are eager to help. Today, a large group of elementary students spent their lunch recess assisting our teens pick up garbage around the perimeter of the school.
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