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Day 7 - Morning Children's Service

This morning we had another breakfast meal at the hotel here in Santiago, Dominican Republic and launched out to one of the local churches for a children's service. When we got there the kids were cheering in the street and church building - and there were a LOT of kids (our estimates are about 500). Many of the children came off the streets and the entire situation was pretty chaotic; no one really anticipated such a huge turn-out. We eventually made it into the building and set up the puppet stage.
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The YOMers did 3 puppet songs (including good ol' "Father Abraham"), with YOMers Brooke Smith and Amanda Godbey introducing each song and encouraging the kids to sing along and remember what the song meant. After the puppet show, YOMer Haleigh Hohman taught a lesson about David and Goliath and how we need not fear things because God is on our side. YOMers Bradly DeLong and Mariah Garcia acted out the scenes - the kids really enjoyed that! We had a time of prayer with the kids, but we had to take a crowd of them outside; there simply wasn't enough room to maneuver inside the church building! We left the church and made our way to the mall for lunch and a little shopping time, after which we headed back to the hotel to rest up for tonight's final service of the YOM trip! Photos from Day 7 here - http://picasaweb.google.com/moyouth2/YOM10DRDay7# MOYouth YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/moyouth