Veggie Tales in Arabic, youth group, Mafraq

These past days have been different compared to my first two and 1/2 half weeks, and I've been enjoying it.

In the mornings we meet at church to do a kids club/vbs. We usually have between 16 and 20 children come. One of the guys from the youth actually leads the program, he does a very good job and has great potential. In the afternoons we usually play with the kids and do stuff around the house. In the evenings we've been meeting with the youth from the church which has been very encouraging and fun. It is obvious that God is working in their hearts. There are many things that are still very surprising to me, e.g. the way they think about their own tribe and other tribes, and the way the Christians even look down on and mock other Christians because they are from a different tribe.

Yesterday we also went to drop off a boy from Iraq at a hospital in Marfraq. He has TB and is getting treatment there before he can have his heart surgery in Tel Aviv. When we arrived at the hospital he put up two Bibles on his shelf; people here keep telling me how much he has changed since he came (in March). On our way back we took a little tour through Amman, that was fun.

On Tuesday I'll travel back to Tel Aviv to get to airport on time for my return flight.