A Day in the Life at Project Purpose
Every day is different and presents it's challenges, but I really love my job at the Project Purpose children’s center! I get dropped off at the front gate and the kids greet me by RUUNING up to me and taking my water, my bag or whatever else is in my hand (I have started holding several things when I walk up so each of the kids will have something to carry haha). (Photo Credit: Alexis Hudson)
It is guaranteed that at least one kid will ask something like – Mana Payt, are we going to get to use the dance shoes today? Thanks to my Dancefx Athens family, and my lovely supporters, I was able to get a pair of tap shoes for each of the kids! (Photo Credit: YWAM Germany Team)
6:00AM – 4 of the kids leave for school.
9:00AM – I arrive and will play with them, do an activity or a bible lesson, or teach the older kids dance class. Man are they picking up fast! These kids are natural dancers!! (Photo Credit: YWAM Germany Team)
10:30AM – Kids that go to school in the afternoon, start to go get their uniforms on and then all of the kids at the center eat Papinha: a white grits-like hot porridge sweetened with sugar -that’s actually pretty delicious. (Photo Credit: YWAM Germany Team)
Around 11 or 11:30 – 10 of the kids leave for school. It takes them about an hour to walk to school. Around this time the 6 youngest boys start pre-school or “escolina.” They color and when they finish, they have play time. Next, the teacher Mana Belina will read to them, sing songs with them, dance with them. Then they go through their shapes, numbers, colors, and parts of the body by saying the names as Mana Belina points to the pictures. “Triangulooooo!! Rectangalooo!! Cor de laranjaaaa!!! Azuuul!!!” (Photo Credit: YWAM Germany Team)
My favorite thing they play with is this big huge brown bear that is 2 times the size of them. Half of the stuffing is missing from his body, so he is very top heavy. They lovingly call him “Kingy Kongy” and hold him in front of their face and growl as they walk around the room. (Photo Credit: Me)
Around 12:00 or 12:30 – The 4 kids that went to school in the morning come home around this time. Some days at this time, I will teach the pre-schoolers dance class. Let me tell you, they are sooo cute!!! I can’t handle it some times! I turn on something like the wiggles and we shake all of our body parts from the top of our head to the our feet. We march and jump and shuffle and other basic tap steps. BUT, my favorite part is the choo-choo train we do at the end. I will try to get a picture sometime soon for you!! Soooo cute!! (Photo Credit: Me)
Around 12:30 or 1:00 – We have prayer and lunch! A few days ago, we had a really, really god time of prayer. I know we prayed for the kids, the educators, the moms and other aspects of the ministry, but all of it was in their native language – Shangaan. I did recognize some of the words as they prayed, from songs I have learned. Regardless, hearing these women and children pray was absolutely beautiful. They would sing some then pray and then sing some more and then pray. I was able to follow along some of the songs because Mana Alzira (the vice president of the ministry) had a song book. (Photo Credit: YWAM Germany Team)
Around 2:00PM – I teach the second group dance or whatever I have planned for that day. Last week, I did an activity with them where I asked them to talk to Jesus and ask Him what he was saying to them right now and draw a picture of it. Some of it got lost in translation, but most of the kids drew a picture of Jesus talking to them, Jesus’s house, Jesus talking to kids, etc. Dinho drew an elephant......but he had fun so that’s all that matters haha!! My favorite was this little one – Jesus is praying for her in her picture. (Photo Credit: Me)
Around 3:00PM, I head home to get ready for dinner/relax/prepare for the next day. Whenever I want to teach a lesson, I not only have to prepare what I’m going to teach, but sometimes I have to learn new words or phrases in order to communicate. Hopefully we will start Portuguese lessons with a friend very soon! (Photo Credit: Alexis Hudson)
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