Summer World Travel: South America

Hello again, and welcome here!  Are you travelling with us around the world with Focus on the Family?  If not, why not join in?  It is fun, and can be as simple as just following the itinerary they have themselves, or as complex as you wish to make it.  I decided to post the links to recipes and youtube videos that I am using with my own kids, as well as the maps and printables I made to go with the 'program' myself.  You can view those by clicking the links below.

Time for a Summer Adventure!
Summer World Travel: Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Summer World Travel:  Australia, New Zealand, PNG
Summer World Travel:  Asia
Summer World Travel:  Caribbean
Summer World Travel:  Eastern Europe/Central Asia

And so, our sixth week of our 'travels' took us to South America: Suriname, Bolivia, and Colombia.

Suriname Aug8&9

We found it on a map, read the clues, colored flag/stamp, and listened to national anthem " God zij met ons Suriname" with the first verse in dutch, and the second in Sranan Tongo

We listened to Kaseko music, and then made drums and played to it.

We watched a tourism video.

We made up a song -

• (mom) I love the Lord with all my heart
• (M)  With all my heart and soul
• (Bram) I Believe in Jesus, Yes I do
• (A) I believe in Jesus
• (Baby) Jesus

I did my best to write down what the kids prayed for, but I couldn't get it all word for word.  I love keeping this so I can see it again later.  It is wonderful to hear our children pray.

• M - That the word would travel through the rainforests to the people
• Bram - that they would hear of God through the rainforests and that many of them would know He is the Saviour and that He made everything

The kids wrote the things they were anxious about and put them on their shoes, ran outside, and then kicked them off to come inside before our baths/supper.  These were the things they wrote.

1. A - power going out
2. Bram - school, nightmares, needles
3. M - when the power goes out, thunder, school, nightmares, spiders

For supper, I made 'pom'.  Quite interesting.

Bolivia Aug10&11

Galatians 6:9

 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Once again, we read the clues, found Bolivia on the map, colored the flag and stamp, and listened to the national anthem.

We also watched a video of a balero, and then watched a video of the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia... called the worlds largest salt flat and God's Mirror.  Beautiful.  Kids said they want to see it in real life someday.

We made Empanadas de Queso as our recipe.

They don't have 'snacks' here usually, but they have a morning tea time around 10am called merienda, and an afternoon tea time around 5 called tecito.  They like to have baked goods with their tea.  Click here for more info. 

We learned about desserts there (they use a lot of coconut and chocolate) and their fruits.  See more on that here and here.

We made up our own 'family flags'.

We prayed for Bolivia-

M - that the people would know Jesus, that they would have enough food

Bram - that they would get enough money to buy food

Colombia - Aug 12&13

We read the clues, found Colombia on the map, colored the flag and stamp, and listened to the national anthem.

We watched a footbag or hacky sack tricks video and then tried to play ourselves.  We were not successful.  Balloons made it easier, though.

Our verses:
Leviticus 19:32 'Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.

1 Cor 4:8-9 we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

We played with spinning tops, as per the activity for the day.  And we prayed.

1. M - I pray for the leaders to make decisions so that people will not be in poverty.
2. Bram - I pray for the people in Colombia to have their leaders so that they will not have poverty and will accept you. 

We invited my parents to come for supper, to serve them first, oldest to youngest.