First Colony Youth Group 2007 #5

What a wonderful group this was!  What a great two weeks!  Our team would like to express our deepest gratitude to the group that came, and for those that sent them… Well done, folks!  Here’s the last few photos…

(The gang at the game park lodge – NOT a real elephant!)

  Elephants1   Elephants3

(However, we did have an amazing elephant experience!)

  (Praying together on the final night…)

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First Colony Youth Group 2007 #4

Bonding Experience!!  The kids have been dropped off for their ultimate “African experience.”  They’ll have two fascinating days and one night with their Ankole host families, soaking up everything they can about Ankole life and culture.  Here are a few photos of some of the kids with their bonding families…

   

First Colony Youth Group 2007 #3

Today was mudding day!  We had two crews go out today, and both did a wonderful job. The first four photos below are from the group that went to work on the Birere church building, and the last two are from Kabaare…

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First Colony Youth Group 2007 #2

The group is doing GREAT! They’re just a few days into their time in Mbarara, and they are already such a blessing to the Ankole churches. Saturday was orientation day with language lessons and a tour of Mbarara town with MCC tour guides. On Sunday, half of the group went to the town church (MCC), and the others went to village churches. Then today (Monday), they went to four different villages. Most of the group had a “regular village day” which consists of much visiting over chai tea and lively times of worship. One group went to the Ibanda Orphan’s Home to build playground equipment for the kids. Tomorrow is mudding day; then they will enjoy their “bonding experience” later this week!

UPDATE: for some reason, the photos and links below weren’t working for many people.  I’ve tried re-loading them… 

    Orphanage Crew   Kishenyi Kids

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First Colony Youth Group 2007 #1

We have 22 people from First Colony Church of Christ with us for the next two weeks.  Thirteen high school graduates and 9 adults will enjoy many fun days of new experiences.  We love having them here, and we will try to post a few photos of their latest adventures every few days.  We’ll start here with their group equator photo, rafting the Nile river, and a tasty snack (grasshoppers) from this afternoon!

 

Grasshoppers! (Jennifer and Natalie)   Grasshoppers! (Paul)   Grasshoppers! (Grant)

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