Children´s and youth workshop

The Tuesday morning workshop with children and youth was for the most part a rousing success.  After some speeches, prayer and singing Elisabeth, Cara, and Ben huddled with local youth leaders (all of them young men) from the Tuesday host church (Altar de Noe) and developed and embellished the original CHPC plan.  Altar de Noe youth acted out the calling of Samuel story, and then helped lead a movement activity that was supposed to replicate Samuel/everyone following God.  Then the assembled were divided up into three groups, which looped through three activities:  a parachute activity symbolizing being wrapped in God´´s love, a banner activity in which the saying ¨"Joyfully using our talents for God" was written and decorated in English, Spanish, and Q´eqchi´, and a googly eyes activity in which participants turned plastic cups into puppets later used in another version of the calling of Samuel skit.  Slower moments towards the end of the morning were the puppet shows version of that Samuel story (with a young woman playing God) and a ¨Peace Like a River¨sing-along/gesturing activity. Jane rallied those there by bringing a message about everyone receiving a call from God.  A chicken lunchy for all followed.

-Perry