Great Start To English Club!

     Our weekly English Club started out with great momentum this school year.  Many people were encouraged after our week of English Club at Baikal this past summer and wanted to bring their friends, too.  

At the beginning of the club, we start with some sort of ice breaker or group game.

     Then we break up into 3 different discussion groups, according to varying levels of English speaking abilities.

     For our discussion weeks, we read a news article and a passage from the Bible and ask questions.  Many people continue these discussions even into our tea time afterwards.

     Every second week we play table games.  This is a fun way to connect with people and to help them practice conversational English in a fun way.

     Different groups play various games, some requiring much English and some only just a little.

     We have a lot of fun and it's a great way to build friendships.

There's a group of preteens/early teens that plays together, too.  This is fun for Anneka.

     One week we had some special guests (not pictured).  They shared songs of praise to God with us in their heart languages.  This was really powerful and stirred up many questions about them and about God.  After that week, we had requests to sing songs ourselves each week.  So now we sing a couple of praise songs at the beginning of English Club.  Music has a way of touching our hearts like nothing else can.




     It's getting colder and colder outside!  For as long as they are able, the kids love playing outside.  They are usually running around so much that I just see little blurs of motion.  One day I saw Anneka and Christina outside sipping tea at their makeshift table.  It was so cute I had to go out and snap a picture.  =)

     I don't have any pictures of it, but for the last hour or so of English Club each week, we all have a tea time with everyone, where we can visit and talk about life and what's on our hearts.  We are thankful for English Club and have requests from many people to hold English Clubs in other places and on other days of the week.  This is something we're praying about.