airplanes

After spending a lot of Saturdays with our kids in Soacha, we're really starting to click. The time we spend with them is meant to bring a few hours of 'kid time' in their otherwise pretty stressful lives. Their energy and excitement makes them so much fun to be with. Last Saturday was great. Brittany came up with the fun idea of having a 'paper airplane contest'. We gave the kids the materials, and told them to go for it. Their airplanes were awesome. After gluing and cutting for an hour, we tested them out.

We gave out awards to every child, from best design:

to most colorful:

to the plane that looks most like a sheep (...i meant to say bird....oops):

All of the planes were really creative and the kids had a blast making them.

We're looking forward to our VBS with the Soacha community in June. Thanks again to everyone who is helping to make this all possible. Our group in Usme put together a special thank you. It only took about 15 tries to get the picture:

Jefferson (bottom A) cut in front of Daniela (bottom C):

Jessica wasn't looking and dropped the G:

Dilan had his A backwards:

Perfect! Thank you everyone!

Brittany and I will be flying to Quibdo, Colombia on Friday. We will be working with Padre Edinson and his missions there for a few days. We are really excited to visit another city and experience a different part of Colombian culture.

Love, Kate