los olimpicos!

Brittany and I celebrated two days of olympics with the kids this week and it was so much fun! First, we taught them all about the winter olympics and how different countries compete against each other for the gold. We broke the kids into their three "countries"; red, yellow and blue. Below is a group picture with the Colombian flag behind us.

After painting the kids' faces, we had the captains light the olympic torch to officially start the olympics...let the games begin!! We had relay races, individual events and team races. They were able to win medals and points for their teams and we kept track of them on our medal chart.

The kids loved the games and were so excited. They cheered each other on really well. Look at their faces when Katherine won...they're not even all on the same team.

While the Majors were here, we made medals for the kids. After every event, they all received either gold, silver, or bronze. Jefferson (boy with red pants in the picture below) loved his gold medal so much that he wore it back to the mission for day 2.

To finish the games, we gave out special awards like "best helper", "spirit award", "best sportsmanship" and "mvp".

The olympics were a huge success! A big thanks Mr. and Mrs. Major who made it all possible. They planned the games and brought all of the medals and other supplies. The kids all loved it!

Tonight I'm going with Myriam to a national day of prayer celebration. Tomorrow I take off for a week of vacation to San Andres, Colombia with my best friend from middle school, Suzi. It will be so great to get some sun and to see her again!!

Love, Kate