Last week we had a fun field trip for Circulo Andante - to the IMAX! We decided to take the kids to the Cultural Center in downtown Tijuana to go see a movie at the IMAX theater. The planning of the event was a little crazy though. We took up an offering at the YWAM base to pay for the kids tickets and gracias a Dios, all the kids could go for free. Now, our last field trip over the summer we took them to a childrens museum and there were about 30 of us that went, including kids and staff. I guess we didnt really realize it, but this ministry has grown so much in the last few months. This time around, we had 13 moms, 50 kids and a whole bunch of staff, with the grand total of 78 people on our field trip!
Our Circulo Andante group outside the IMAX in downtown TijuanaBecause we had so many people going, we found out it was cheaper to rent a school bus to take them all than to gas up a bunch of YWAM vans. The kids in the coloina have to walk to school, so boy did the kids have a blast on the school bus!
all the kids needs a Circle on their hand to show they turned in their permission slip, then they could get on the bus!
Listening to the rules about being on the bus
me and Lucero on the busFor many of the kids and moms, this was their first time being at the Cultural center and seeing an IMAX movie. There was lots of ooh-ing and ahh-ing from the big kids when it started, and a little crying from the smaller ones that got alittle scared. The showing was a movie about mummies, and it was a special showing for school groups. I am proud to say that our kids were the best behaved, not running or pushing or shouting, compared to the school groups of kids there.
In Colonia Antorcha with my group of 3rd and 4th graders that went on the field trip (only about half my kids went) We didn't have enough money to buy all the kids Circulo Andante shirts so the ones that didn't have them from before just wore red.After the movie, we had the kids participate in an art workshop that involved creating a painting using marbles and teamwork. Check out the following video to see what we made.
On the bus ride home, we had prepared little snack bags for the kids and they chowed down on popcorn and cookies, some saving part for their little brothers or sisters at home that couldn't come. It was dark by the time we arrived back in the colonia and I was exhausted, but the kids were full of energy still. They were all excited to tell their family and friends who came to get them off the bus about what a great time we had at the IMAX. I loved being able to take my kids to experience somethign they would never get to do otherwise. I love spending extra time with them as well. I am so blessed just by being around them! I wish we could go on field trips every day!
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Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." ~Matthew 19:14
On the bus ride home, we had prepared little snack bags for the kids and they chowed down on popcorn and cookies, some saving part for their little brothers or sisters at home that couldn't come. It was dark by the time we arrived back in the colonia and I was exhausted, but the kids were full of energy still. They were all excited to tell their family and friends who came to get them off the bus about what a great time we had at the IMAX. I loved being able to take my kids to experience somethign they would never get to do otherwise. I love spending extra time with them as well. I am so blessed just by being around them! I wish we could go on field trips every day!
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Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." ~Matthew 19:14
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