Kids club and teen center

We stared the day at New Life Church which had a Khmer/English service. It had about 200 local people and it was an amazing experience. We get to go there for the rest of our time here in Phenom Pen. It was nice to just go to a church service and not worry about leading it.
Afterwards we drove outside the city into one of the slums to work at a youth center. For 2 hours we taught about 40 elementary school kids. We taught them songs, bible stories and games. Then the last 2 hours we taught junior high/ high school kids English, art and music. I spoke for about 20 min about "The fruit of the Spirit: Peace" and I also led an art class. I set up a basic still life composition and taught them different artistic styles and some art history. Today's focus was on impresionism and abstract art. Below are a few examples of their work and some action shots. These kids are at risk of human trafficking because they are very poor and many peopltake advantage of that. Other times these kids end up in hard situations in order to provide for their families.
They were so much fun and I can't wait to get to know them better over the next few weeks. Its really important that we give them life skills, boost their sense of value and self worth and deciple them in a loving environment so they can have a better life.