Youth Activity

Jana and Maren are so warmly welcomed by the girls even though only a handful can speak english. They give them hugs and pull them into whatever they are doing.

We were happy to have the youth of our church here over for a day long youth activity. Monday was a holiday here called "day of the dead" where they go and take care of the grave sites of their deceased family members. They decorate them with fresh flowers.
Very similar to Memorial Day in the States. So everyone had the day off of school and work. The youth leaders had a full day of fun activities planned. They at first wanted it to be in our home but when people kept coming and coming we moved it up to the compound recreation center that was still decorated for Halloween. So we had to explain that to the Angolans.

This sweet little girl is named Denise and she is five like Gwen, she can count in English and sing "Head, shoulder, knees and toes" in english. She sits by Gwen each week in Primary and they write there letters together. She borrowed one of Gwen's swimming suits, it barely stayed on her! She couldn't swim but she really wanted to wear goggles like Gwenny.

The young men were playing "spin the phone" they seem to be a very nice group of boys. It was a bit of a surprise for me when it was time to swim some boys must've forgotten their swimsuits and felt that their underwear was a suitable substitute!
They had a talent show some sang, some danced. Then they taught us some Angolan dancing and Jana and Maren taught them the dance "We like to party" it was great! You didn't have to coax any one into doing it. They were very enthusiastic, WOW!
We have a young darling American couple in our branch who are swing dancers and they tried to teach that to the youth, it was pretty hard, Jana got dropped a couple of times by her over zealous partner.