April 20- 27
We
kicked off International Week by participating with the other foreigners in the
“Food Festival”. The International College asked us to prepare an American dish
to serve to the students on campus. This was quite the challenge being that
typical “American” ingredients are either limited or not available at all in
our town! We accepted the challenge and decided to make Apple Crisp and
Macaroni and Cheese! I know, I know.. you are probably thinking, “Cheese?!
Where did you find cheese?!” Well, thankfully we received a block of Velveeta
in a care package. We used the Velveeta and found a 5 lb. bag of pasta noodles
in town! We have apples, oatmeal, brown sugar, flour, and sugar here available
in town, and we brought a container of cinnamon from home. The Food Festival
was a big success! We fed 200 people with our Mac n’ Cheese and Apple Crisp!
Let’s Go Fly a Kite…
We
were asked by the International College to meet at the soccer field to learn
how to decorate and fly a kite. It turned out that when we showed up, we were
actually supposed to come as a team of 3 and participate in a kite
decorating/flying COMPETITION!
Neither
of us had ever flown a kite before… another “International Week” challenge! The
first part of the competition was to paint the kite. We were given 1 hour to
design and paint. Becky designed the kite as a world map connecting Texas and
Asia, to go along with the theme of International Week.
The
second part of the competition was to fly the kite. Another foreigner friend
from America joined our team, and he and Chris did the flying part! The soccer
field was divided into 20-meter segments. Each team was only allowed 20 meters
to run and launch the kite, while also only having 10 minutes to get it as high
in the sky as possible.
Our
team was part of the first round of teams to fly. 7 minutes in to it and no
team was able to launch their kite into the sky. Becky began to pry for Father
to provide us with sustaining wind so that we could have our kite fly. Sure
enough, our kite launched successfully! Members of the International College
ran up to our team in shock! Becky told them about how she pryed for wind, and
that He answered our pryer! They were struck with wonder!
International
Week came to an end with International student performances. Our Vietnamese
friends sang songs, Thai students sang and danced, and Becky and some other
Americans performed a skit in Chinese. Awards were given to the winners from
the various activities that took place during the week. We found out that we
won the Kite Competition! We won most creative design and flying!
Our main
desire for International Week was to give Him the glory in all that we
participated in! We want to be a living Testimony of His power and truth!
