T4 Mission Trinidad: Greetings from the Caribbean!

Let me start by mentioning that the team is doing well, but we all miss our beautiful MN weather (just kidding) Seriously, every morning here is an inspiring occasion for all of us to look out at the magnificent beauty of God’s green creation . We have had a little bit of rain, but we are trying not to let that hinder our progress.

In our two full days in Toco we have been able to visit three different schools. In this post I just want to mention the skits/dramas we have been performing in these schools.

First, in a pre-school here in Trinidad part of the team performed a puppet show. The puppet show involved farm animal puppets and a farmer. One of the team members functioned as the narrator and sought to get the kids involved in the puppet show by having them make the animal noises along with the puppets. The kids really loved it. The puppet show was based upon the parable of the last sheep. Thus, at the end the narrator explained to the children that in the same way the farmer was willing to leave his farm for one lost animal, Jesus is concerned over every individual lost child.

The next two schools we visited were both public primary schools. The age range of the children in these two schools was five to twelve. In both schools we did a skit called the “catch all” that involves one person who continues to catch the habits/problems of other individuals. For instance, a person may come out sneezing, touch the “catch all” and then the “catch all” will begin sneezing. This was just a fun skit we could use to get the kids laughing and comfortable with us. We also were able to perform a more serious drama in both schools. This was a silent drama that involved a paralytic, a wailing woman, and a blind man who are eventually healed and saved by Jesus. The drama is a powerful visual representation of Jesus taking on our infirmities upon Him. The drama shows the death and resurrection of Jesus which we were able to talk about before the drama, and then a personal testimony was given after the drama. We did the drama to the Skillet song “You Are My Hope.” (if you are reading this and get a chance, you should take a few minutes to listen to this song if you have it available and imagine us performing the skit you will soon see pictures of) Anyway, that is my prayer and our team’s prayer that the children and teachers in these schools would come to know the power of the hope found only in Jesus Christ.