Today we went back to Lighthouse Christian School to visit
the kids again. We arrived just before
recess of the older grades. That gave us
time to help prepare a “snack” for the younger classes of juice and rice. Then recess started for the older grades. We all just started interacting with the kids –
playing ball, giving out stickers, making friendship bracelets, juggling,
etc. Emilianne attracted quite a crowd
of kids as she handed out materials and showed a bunch of them how to make
bracelets.
Once recess was done for those grade levels the younger kids
came out for theirs. There were games
like Red Rover, but somehow involving a lion.
There was football and Ring Around the Rosie, but again with a different
name. We were all greatly enjoying it. After recess we gave out our traditional
Tootsie Pops to everyone.
We were then free to sit in on any of the classes if we
wanted to. Jackie visited a classroom
and was immediately handed the lesson plan and she started to teach the class
(they knew she was a teacher). After a
while someone came looking for “the girl who was making bracelets
(Emilianne). The teacher of the 3rd
grade (29 students) wanted her to teach the class how to do it. With me as her very ill trained assistant she
was able to teach the entire class how to make the bracelets. I was even able to do it once we were
done. I was so very proud of her for
doing it even with the number of kids involved and the language barrier.
By then it was time for lunch which we had at a local
restaurant. Then we went to visit one of
the “villages” where the kids come from.
It wasn’t an easy walk for any of us. While everyone there was happy to
see us and we ended up having a whole crowd of kids following us around, it was
hard to see how impoverished they were.
And then you feel guilty and selfish for all the self-protective
thoughts that were going through our minds.
Joel had a profound insight about this that literally brought us all to
our knees during our evening meeting. Essentially,
how would we view giving up all we currently enjoy in our very rich US lives to
go and live in that village to serve them? Our walk through the village showed us a little of our hearts in this regard. Then imagine how very small that sacrifice is compared to the King of
Heaven giving up His throne to come down to earth to give up His life as a
ransom for us – and with joy in doing so. Lord we can but worship you!
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