One busy week...

The nurse sharing about

 Women's Health at Mother's Club.

Mothers Club crafts

This week we were joined by a team from Anderson, South Carolina. On Monday, we hosted a Mothers Club for Ruth School moms. Twenty mothers were in attendance. The school nurse joined the festivities and gave some information regarding women's health in conjunction with breast cancer awareness month in October. The mothers then decorated frames and enjoyed snacks. We are really excited about this mother's outreach because it is a way for us to minister to the young mothers and encourage them to be involved in their children's academic careers.

First grade was the best class
 of recorder players

On Tuesday, the majority of the team took the Obed Day Centre students the Zoo and McDonald's for lunch which is pretty much the perfect day for them. From what I hear, the students loved the tigers and the Smurf Happy Meal toys :) I stayed at the Ruth School with two of the team members to lead makeshift music classes. One of the team members is a music minister and former music teacher. He brought 198 recorders for the Ruth School in his suitcase. The students have enjoyed learning to play them and only spend part of the practice time actually playing.

Sewing Club!

Sami, the youth minister at
 Providence Baptist, lead worship
 for chapel.

Chapel on Wednesday was a new experience for the Ruth School students. It was the first one in the history of Ruth School and will continue henceforth weekly. The team told the story of Ruth and then explained why the Ruth School is called Ruth. For those of you who don't know, Project Ruth is named Project Ruth because of the fact that like Ruth was welcomed in a land that was not her own, everyone is welcomed here. In the afternoon, we kicked off the sewing and craft club with scarves. We started the club with 9 machines working and by the end of the club we had two working. This was not the fault of the students but the fact that the machines are about 50+ years old. Needless to say, we are exploring ways to get new or newer machines.

Playing in the park
during the field trip

Thursday, the South Carolina team sponsored a trip to Targoviste, which is the former capital of Romania. The first, second and third grade classes piled onto the double decker bus this morning along with the team at 7. We visited the ruins of the Royal Palace which is where Vlad Tepes ruled from in the late 1400s. After visiting the ruins, we played in the park for an hour then feasted on our picnic. It was a fun filled day. The students enjoyed getting out of the city and were fascinated by open fields in the countryside. It truly is the little things in life!

Yesterday was our first open house and recorder concert for the parents of the Ruth School. It went fairly well. The students enjoyed playing their recorders for their parents but I'm not sure if their parents enjoyed the squeaking very much :) The turn out of parents was not as large as we had hoped but maybe next time. Many of the mothers who came to mother's club on Monday were happy to finally hear the concert they had hear about earlier in the week.

Open House

Thank you Boulevard Baptist in Anderson, SC for sending a team full of energy and ideas to help get all these new programs at Project Ruth up off the ground!

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