Kids Bible Study

As the pictures show we have a lot of fun at Bible study! We usually start out with dinner or a merienda which is a snack or desert.
We then settle down for some serous digging into the Word. At first I wasn’t sure how things would go but they are really excited about it so much so that they always ask “Can we have Bible studies every day?” During the study they are always asking questions and are very attentive for being six year old boys.
I decided to start in the beginning. They were very interested in the creation story and then also Noah. Now we are getting into the “hard stuff” the genealogy but I encouraged them that Abram and Sari are next week and they have very interesting lives. We are encouraged as we have a consistent five kids who attend and about five others who show up every once in a while.
Justin has made friends with one of the boys, Richmond who is 12. They play video games and go to the mall and just hang out all the time. We are often visited by the kids at our place. We are finding that they are mostly left to play and do what ever they want.
What they are really hungry for is their parent’s attention. Most of the families that live here are very well off and a lot of the parents travel for their jobs leaving the kids at home for hours or weeks at a time with a yaya as they call it here, they are house keepers and baby sitters. The kids seem very disrespectful to these ladies and to their parents for that matter. Justin and I are always working with them on manners and using God’s word to rebuke them. They respond well to us when we set boundaries. We have been focusing a lot on saying sorry to each other and forgiving one another. A funny story, Justin came down stairs to go to buy bread and found one of the boys crying while sitting on top of holding down one of the other boys; he was saying “You have to forgive me! Why won’t you forgive me?” Justin had to pull him off the boy and explain that you can’t force some one to forgive you and that holding him down like that was probably not going to help. Another day we were at the pool and one of the boys pushed another boy in the pool and we told him that he should not have done that and he stared to cry and said “You all hate me now! How will you forgive me?” We had to explain that we love him and that just because we correct him doesn’t mean we hate him and that of course we could forgive him. We always are very serious with them but as soon as we get home we can’t help crack up laughing.
We are honored and privileged to have this opportunity to teach these kids and be a part of their lives. We are always praying for their hearts and for God to revel his Spirit to these kids. As a closing I would like to share the prayer requests of the children.
• For my studies that I would do good in all my classes
• For my family to have long life
• For sick family members
• For good grades on their tests
• For God to help them to be good

We are amazed at what God is doing in the lives of these kids. This is all possible because God called us and used people like you to send us. Thank you for all your prayers and support. We are blessed with family and friends who are continually encouraging us and praying for us! Thank you for checking up on us and responding to our posts! To God be the Glory forever and ever!