Well, the school year ended terrifically with the close to our unit on the fruit of the Spirit in the Rio. After talking for weeks on end about the Holy Spirit and each fruit He gives us, we decided to end with an illustration of what our lives look like with and without those fruits. We had about 50 kids present that day and all eyes were glued on the activity. Beforehand I had bought several fruits and labeled each with a spiritual fruit given by the Spirit (ex. Pear labeled "faith", pineapple as "peace", etc.). I also had bought some not-so-good-tasting foods, like onion, jalapeño, and garlic and labeled those with opposites to the fruit of the Spirit (ex. onion labeled "fear"). We also had two blenders labeled "my life". One of the gals helping me out that day told stories describing the lives of two children... one listened to the Holy Spirit when making decision and the other did not. As she told the stories we began adding ingredients to the smoothies. One blender was full of the "fruits of the Spirit" and the other full of foul tasting combinations. At the end we blended everything up and ask for volunteers to try each "life". With squeals several kids tried both the bad and good tasting smoothies.... the point was clearly demonstrated :) Our lives our so much sweeter with the fruit of the Spirit in them!!!!
The children watching as the smoothies are being made. 
Fruits and blenders labeled for the activity. 
Our courageous volunteer trying the "life without the Holy Spirit" smoothie. 
Maru and I preparing Fruit of the Spirit smoothies for the kids.
Nubia coloring a tree with the Fruit of the Spirit. 
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