Le Super Samedi

Since my last blog, Carissa has rejoined her family in the States and seems to be adjusting back to life in the States pretty well. Aside from a few habits picked up here that are hard to let go, she is enjoying once again the luxuries of the US. Rebecca and Ethel are still with us and seem to be enjoying themselves. Both have received a couple of proposals of marriage, but our dowry price is too high.
One of the things we've had the girls busy doing was preparation and execution of our first Super Samedi. (Super Saturday) We held it on June 30 and took most of that week to prepare everything for it. I lost a few brain cells on Sunday before that and forgot to mention it to all the kids, and only got to mention it to a few. My husband thought I would surely have a small crowd for lack of publicity. I'm thankful now that I disregarded his thoughts on the count and planned for around two hundred kids. On that Saturday we had over 150 kids. That's all well and good when you have enough help. We did NOT! We called in reinforcements and two of the Bible Institute guys showed up to help us out.
All in all it was a great day. I introduced several new games to the kids, and learned that water balloons are too foreign a concept. I'll never do those again, at least not as long as I remember the chaos it created. The kids listened very well to my story on the Prodigal Son and even participated with me. I was quite impressed. After game time and lesson time were finished, I decided we would have a craft time. On Friday all day long, Rebecca and Ethel prepared enough playdough balls for a little over 200 kids. It paid off except for my poor smashed toes.