Awana Korea Games

Yesterday (Saturday) was the 3rd Awana Games in South Korea this summer. Next weekend we get to help with the fourth and final games. Yesterday we had around 1500 students and leaders! With families we had at least 2,000 in a giant stadium!

We had 8 game squares.

I tried taking a panorama with my fancy iphone, but my hand was pretty shaky. Then there's Krista looking like her usual fabulous self :)

I don't remember what game this was, but it looks pretty intense.

My favorite part of the day was when everyone stood up and sang the Awana theme song. Thousands of voices singing a song I grew up knowing, but this time it's being sung in Korean! I sang along in English. 

I took a few videos, but they won't upload on here, so you'll have to check my facebook for those.

At the games we led a couple of English songs at the beginning to promote the English camps. The 5 of us Americans each stood in different game circles and faced the stands. One of the songs we did I had learned maybe 5 minutes before we performed! They're keeping me on my toes :). While we danced and sang, a bunch of photographers were coming around us were taking pictures and videos of us. It was like I was a pop diva super star with the paparazzi all around. (This is what DREEEAAAMS are made of! Hey! Hey! Hey!) But I'm not Hillary Duff and I had to keep looking at my teammates to remember the motions. 

We helped bring out the medals and banners. I have never been to such a huge Awana gathering! It was a ton of fun and very well organized. The kids knew what they were supposed to do and strived to do that with excellence. The kids were smiling and laughing and having a grand time! Whenever I walked by I would hear "Hello! Hi Amy!" (Before we sang songs, Scott announced our names. Amy is a common English name for Koreans. I even made a new Korean friend named Amy!) I absolutely fell in love with the kids. Everyone I met was so sweet and friendly. I could go on and on about the amazing people. 

A lot of these kids go to the English camps put on throughout the summer. We started helping with those at the beginning of July. Hopefully I'll see a lot of them again soon! 

2 Timothy 2:15, "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth."

-The Journaling Sparrow