Easter Walk Through Experience at HOPAC

Today was the Easter Presentation at HOPAC.  There were 8 scenes or stations set up around the campus that told the story of the Passion of Christ.  The student body was broken up into groups and traveled around to each scene.  At the end, they were able to discuss with their group what they saw and put the events into order.  

I was asked to help with the first scene, the Triumphal Entry.  The group that started at our station was the only group that saw the story presented in order, everyone else had to rotate through the stations starting at a different scene, or else we would have been there all day!

Since I was helping to present and narrate our scene, I wasn't able to travel around with the kids and take pictures.  Thankfully our friend Becky took my camera and captured a few on film.  Also, Jim, our secondary principal took a few and forwarded them to me via email tonight.  Thanks guys!  I can't wait to see what pictures others took as well!

Marla as the disciple, Indy as Jesus, and Sue as Martha talking about Lazarus being dead

The kids waving palm branches and throwing out kangas for Jesus' entry into Jerusalem

Most of our group...Marla, Indy, Grace as Lazarus, and Laura as a townsperson

Here they are "selling" stuff in the Temple before Jesus comes in and over throws the tables

Esther and Sissi "selling" rice and potatoes

During this scene they were talking about how much perfume would have cost back in Jesus' time

Laura was about to put perfume on Jesus' feet

During this station, they each got a turn washing someone's feet and then traded to have their feet washed

Cross Hill

Graveyard scene, Ben is asking them if they can lift this rock...then related it to the size of the rock that was over the the door to Jesus' tomb

This was HOPAC's first year with this type of Easter presentation.  I'm excited to see how it will grow next year!  Praying you all have a very wonderful upcoming Easter!

Day 4 - SEW Olympics - Together

Day 4 and we're complete!  A complete and total success!  Fun was had by all and everyone learned quite a bit.  What a great team we had!!!!  I focused more on "people" pictures today...and again, I'm only giving you the best.  We have some super photogenic kids around here :)!

Krypto and Helina putting on some costumes and getting ready for the warm-up exercises

These girls all get along so well.  I saw a lot of great teamwork.

Lucy and Cheryl dancing!

These boys should be gymnasts.  They are so agile and quick to twist and flip themselves.

Another one, walking on his hands.

They love to hug and get those extra moments of special attention

After one of his big flips, I think he got tired and was resting.

Doing some piggy back ride races

Team competition....put your nose in jelly and then....

...put a cotton ball on it and run back to the next team member

Working on the Olympic Torch craft

More coloring and craft time

'The Man'...the leader of the winning team :)

Concentrating on making their Olympic Torches

Completed project

Another completed torch...you can see our words for the week...Faster, Higher, and Stronger

Anissa as the Statue of Liberty

The Olympic Torch run

Raising it up TOGETHER!

Who can lift it HIGHER?

The skit today was a 5 minute encapsulation of the Gospel message...here 'Jesus' is ascending to heaven.

What a bunch of hams...I must have a half dozen pictures of the two of them

Relay races

Passing the baton

Faster, faster

They can put their whole heart into it, keep going, you can do it!

Tug of War example from the SEW leaders

Definitely one of the more "exciting" activities we did.  They sure got into it.

Pulling hard so they can win it together as a team!

Again, they loved this activity.  We'll have to incorporate it into our weekly Kids' Club gatherings...I'm sure it will go over well.

Our word for today

Black Team won 1st place, here they are with their trophy!

Day 3 - SEW Olympics - Stronger

Today was the day we talked about being stronger, about perseverance, about using our God-given strength to do the right thing!  It was a full throttle day...

Anissa and Sissi getting ready to do the warm up exercises

Telling the kids about the Olympic Creed...in English

and in Swahili

Red Team got to lead with the Tanzanian flag in the Opening Ceremonies today

Just some of the beautiful faces we're sharing our day with today

Oh yes, warm-up exercises done to James Brown's "Living in America"

Red team working on the memory verse

Hebrews 12:1-2 "And let us run the race with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith."

Team competition today was a wheelbarrow race....example given by Petra and Makenzie

This was definitely fun!

I love the shoes on the hands

Craft was a tin foil champion with a heart

Cutting out the hearts

Helping the kids to tear their tin foil and make the tin foil champion

Another good SEW leader, helping out her team

What a great tin foil champion

Another example of our tin foil champion

Bible skit about Samson today.  Here Delilah is telling the Philistines the secret of Samson's strength.

A tie in with Sir Roger Bannister and the story of the breaking of the 4 minute mile back in 1954.

The girls got to complete the long jump today

Gwangi playing on the swings with Petra

Sissi and Makenzie talking and listening to Krypto

Beautiful Anissa

The boys got to complete the high jump.  We've got some incredible jumpers in this group!

Indy teaching the kids how to do the shot put for the "stronger" part of our day

Indy and Peter getting ready to put

Trying it out, all on their own now

Man, what effort.  That ball can be heavy!