Today we headed back to school... yesterday we told all the kids at the local high school we visited in Kalibo (Aklan National High School) that we would come back this morning to play some games with them. Typhoon Frank swept through this area last year, devastating so many people, it also destroyed their basketball court. Since there was no court we agreed to come up with some fun games to do as a group. We stopped off at a local mall and picked up some large bags of candy, and threw that around to the kids, they seemed to like this. Once we arrived we lined a couple of big groups up (divided by boys and girls) and played a game where you had to pass a ball through your legs or over your head to the person behind you... first one to pass the ball from the front to the back then back to the front would win that game, and the best 2 out of 3 would be declared the winner. The kids loved it, and loved to see us cheering along for them. In the end, the girls won both contests, but we tried to make sure everyone got some candy either way. After the games, we went back to their classes and made sure everyone had received a tract from yesterday, then shared a little more with them about our relationship with Jesus. Before we left, we stood around and signed autographs for a few minutes. We know that God led us to this place, and it is our prayer that He would use our brief encounter with these kids to change their lives... please join us in prayer for all of these students.
After our visit at the school, we went back to the hotel for a short break and then to lunch. We then traveled to Barangay Tigawalong for our first game. The game went great and despite a few bad runs, we lead the whole way. Despite the bowling alley style of the court, and the little room for spectators along the sidelines and on one end, there were still people packed in tight on the one end where spectators could stand. Michael gave his testimony and Pastor Perry Malbas gave the half time message. He and his church members helped us collect tracts at halftime and of the almost 300 people there watching and we got close to 100 response cards back. What a blessing!
After our first game we traveled to Barangay Estancia for our second game. The game was originally supposed to be at 5:30, but when we arrived at 5:00, we were told that the Barangay Captain made the decision to move the game to 6:30 without letting us know... it was a little frustrating, but we waited around the court and made some friends with some of the people standing around. At about 6:45, the other team finally had 5 guys and we got things started. It started off tough, but we ran away with it after a few minutes. A little bit into the first quarter, another accident hit our already depleted squad and Quinn sprained his ankle. This left us with only 5 players for the rest of this game and our final game tomorrow. Joshua gave his testimony and Pastor Perry again gave the message at halftime. With the help of the local church we were able collect quite a bit of tracts, although they ran off with them before we could count them. Please join us in praying for Barangay Tigawalong and Barangay Estancia and for all of the church workers following up the response cards.
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