Sonlight’s Spring 2012 Outings

by Abram Kim

On May 20, 2012, some of the Sonlight boys and girls experienced the first of hopefully many more fellowship outings. The staff’s goal for these outings is to further develop relationships with the children and parents we serve outside the classroom setting. We pray this will be the first of many such outings.

The boys, dads, and male Sonlight staff went to the Padres/Angels game at Petco Park in downtown San Diego. It was a nice San Diego afternoon at the ballpark. Our seats were at the upper decks, right behind home plate. It was shaded until about the 7th inning so it wasn’t too hot. The ballgame was tied 2-2 after the 9th inning, so the game went into extra innings. We tried to stay to the end, but it was getting to be long and with no end in sight, we left after the start of the 12th inning (the game finally ended in the 13th inning, with the Padres winning it). The game was a great informal way to just be in each other’s presence.

Here is some reaction from some of the boys.

Matthew

  • Matthew, are you having fun? Yes.
  • What’s been fun about this outing? Food.
  • Are you glad you came out with Sonlight guys? Yeah.
  • What’s something encouraging to say to your Sonlight staff? Thank you.
  • Thank you for what? For teaching us.
  • Teaching you what? About God.
  • What about God have you learned this year? I learned to be like Jesus.

Caleb

  • Caleb, did you have fun today? Yea.
  • What was the funnest part? (seeing that I was holding a recorder) Dadadada gonawana tadagana woganana. Turn it off, turn it off, turn it turn it off.
  • Alright (hiding recorder), what was the funnest part? Us winning [the Padres].

The girls, moms, and female Sonlight staff held a tea party in the courtyard at church after a time of devotion and crafts in the Sonlight room. Stephanie McAdams led the devotion, speaking of true beauty out of Proverbs 31:30. The girls then got to decorate picture frames to reflect on what they learned. Then all the ladies went out to the courtyard where the tea party would be held, with the works (sandwiches, baked goods, fruit, tea and juice).

Here is some reaction from some of the girls.

Ellie and Megan

  • We like the desserts. We’ve been looking forward to this day.

Dana

  • I like the food.
  • I am looking forward [to this event] because I want to have some fun with everybody.

Mia

  • We learned about what is real beauty. I like what we learned because … I don’t know.

Melody

  • We got to learn about the heart being pretty and beautiful.

Kasey

  • We got to do Bible study together with the girls. And the boys did other things. We had a tea party.