Ready for the Kids

Hi everyone!

This morning I gave a brief devotional on 1 Corinthians 10: 31 “So whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” Just a quick reminder that although this week will get crazy and we may feel stressed with everything that has to be done, we should do all things for the glory of God. In order to do so, we must need to have the right mindset. Today we attended Sunday service with Suita Bible Gospel Church, and our team was introduced to the congregation. A few of us also sat in the children’s Sunday School and observed the classes during the first service. Sunday school here is a bit different than ours back at PVBC. Here, they all start their classes with a few short songs and then they start the bible lesson. None of the classes did any crafts or ice breaker games, and they all learned about the same thing. After the service we were served bento boxes for lunch, which were ordered and delivered to the church. The fellowship time here is also a bit different. After service, everyone talks with one another in the sanctuary but instead of everyone congregating in one large room for snacks, I noticed that people broke off into groups and separated among the rooms and ate their food.

Hamburger steak- our bento box they ordered for us

SBGC also held a welcome party for us. It was so great to meet more of the church members and also see some of the JS group that we had previously met. Many of us also got to play with the kids and run around with them. The kids were so fun to be around and although we barely knew each other, they were super energetic and jumping all over us. Apparently this is only a taste of what is to come this upcoming week. At the welcome party, some of the church members had prepared a special presentation with songs including “Living on a prayer” by Bon Jovi. We were all so amazed that they had been practicing for over 2 months just because they wanted to give a little back to us for what we were doing for them.

The SBGC members that put on a wonderful show for us during our welcome party

Meeting the kids today gave me much more ease about VBS. At first I was really worried about how easy it would be to communicate with the kids and build relationships. I was hoping that language would not be too big of a hurdle for me to jump. All of the kids I met spoke very little to no english yet it never seemed to be a problem and on top of that we didn’t look like mimes trying to act things out. We connected with our energy, smiling and laughing with each other. I can not wait to meet all the other kids and be able to have the same connection I did today while sharing God’s love.

-Naomi