During the entire duration of our trip, there is always a common complain. “I’ve lost (my shoes, my pen, my scissors”. Then after a while of searching, “I’ve found it!” So is it “lost” or “misplaced”? Sometimes we make certain presumptions when we are unsure about a situation, thus misunderstandings occurs. It is understood that the Devil works very hard to keep us wary and suspicious of each other’s intentions. While we are doing God’s works, he works to stumble us when we work, when we play, when we talk, and also when we talk to God. However, through its only through God’s mercy and guidance can we be victorious over the Devil.
Breakfast as different. We were short of a few members. Jessica and Robin were at their uncle's place to spend a night with them. So the remaining few of us ate our breakfast, at the same time, discussed about the plans for today. Many things will be happening. We've got preparations for Finale, Actual Evangelistic finale evening and light refreshments after. Anyway lots of headache.
After breakfast, we spent time arranging the chairs and all the fans. Learning from past experience, it will be best for children to be seated at the front, on the floor because in that way the children can watch the performance well. And also, fans have to be strategically position all over the hall, else there wont be enough ventilation to keep the guest comfortable. Lastly, we have to cover up the windows and set a white screen for us to project the images onto the wall. And after all that preparations, we still have to prepare our song item for today!
Morning preparations completed. Sound-check done.
Our sound system worked perfectly! We have 4 speakers, but decided to use only two for today because the hall is not large enough to accommodate the loud sound without echo.
At 2pm, children whom came for our camp returned to join us for the Evangelistic Finale Night. It’s also a pleasant surprise that so many of them returned. Even those who reside in villages two hours away were present. In total, we have about 70 children were present. They prepared some song items for the Grand finale. Soon it was time to start the programme.
Evangelistic Finale Night is organised in a bid to create greater awareness for the cause of Nias Hope Foundation. It is also our way of saying farewell to those whom we have met throughout the trip.
Why
"night"
when it starts and ends before the sunsets?
Another cultural blunder we have made. In Singapore, we have planned for an evening of joy and fun, but little did we realise that the villagers actually return home early, night activities are restricted to mainly watching TV.
~Performance Proper~
First performance was by the Children,
then Singapore Team’s Song items
Now the Kindergarten Teachers' song items
IKIP College students' Performance
It was definitely entertaining and at the same time touching to see that we have touched their lives in one way or another. Then came the highlight of the afternoon, the performance by the family of Wa’u.
We also showed a movie clip of our journey in Nias. This clip contains pictures, events, sights and taste of life and the activities we have done so far. The children were especially excited when they saw pictures taken during children’s camp.
Shortly after, William gave a message to the congregation while the children had their Sunday School lesson on The Ten Bridesmaid. Due to some miscommunications and other factors, our Ten Bridesmaid Skit was played out by.... Zhihong as the foolish.. But lets not talk further. I had lots of fun doing it =)Unfortunately, not many pictures were taken during this period of time because we were all busy... We ended the session with a sharing of the EvangeCube. Definitely useful to convey the message of the Gospel, though i would like to use a BIGGER CUBE.
Everything ended well. Plenty of extra refreshments to go around. Everyone of us including the helpers worked very hard. We've enjoyed ourselves alot, especially for the children!
Some six children stayed back late after the event was completed. Finally some breathing space for us. So since we were all waiting for dinner, we played many games with them =) Thought them "I've got peace like the river" and the Birthday Clap! I guess they would be looking forward for us to return to teach the rest.
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We had candlelight dinner, to mark the successful completion of our works in Nias for this trip. Although the dinner was simple, we talked and laughed and remembered all the good times we had throughout the trip.
And having to say goodbye the next morning was a pity.
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