Kid’s club last day.

As I write this I am sitting down (finally) after our kid’s program. Tonight, because we wanted to give out popcorn and treats for the kids, we had only myself and Winston to deal with the kids. Jenny, Herrietta and Wintee were doing the packaging of the popcorn and other treats. We had a good lesson time about David and we’ve been teaching the kids the song, ‘Only a Boy Named David’, which they learned pretty good. It was only planned for an hour of time, but with the packaging running longer Winston and I had to make things run longer also. Winston was a great help as between the two of us it was almost impossible to keep everyone quiet at the same time. Did I mention that we had over 150 children this time. At the end we had them go single file out the door to get their bag of popcorn and then some koolaid to drink. It was all done very orderly….nope, that is what we hoped for, but it was chaos. I love the kids as so many just would come up and hold your hand or just stand by you, but get between them and their treat and things were different.

We did have a good time and we taught them all about David and Goliath tonight. They know the story, but they don’t mind the rerun as told by the big white man. I’m always amazed at how well versed the children are in the Bible over here. We’re happy that God is using the local teachers so well to teach the children.

Our day started out good with Jenny feeling better and eating breakfast. It is good to have her back up. We finished eating, sat outside for a little while and then when Abraham came by with the car we piled in to go see Deacon Delt Cooper’s widow, Becky, and her family. Here’s a picture on our way over and you can’t really see Esther sitting in the way back of the car.

We had 2 more on our way home. It wasn’t bad as they were 2 of Becky’s children to come to kid’s club.

It was a sweet time at Becky’s home. We went over there because it is her wedding anniversary today. Being Valentine’s Day and her anniversary it was a big reminder of Delt’s passing. We had a sort of service at her house with praying, singing, a time of sharing and of course followed by food. We had GB, which is a traditional dish from Nimba County. It was very good. And, Jenny and I even had a cold Coca-Cola. You can’t know how nice it is to have that unless you’ve been in the heat without it for quite awhile. Here is a picture of Becky on the right with Mother Wintee alongside.

I was just informed that we have prayer meeting tonight so I’ll finish later.

Prayer meeting just ended and it is about an hour later. The generator was just started as we wait for the lights. There they are.

I was able to pray for many back home as we had prayer time for many different subjects. It was good to remember many of the requests from Discipleship Hour as well as the local ones here. Their prayer time is when a subject is introduced and everyone prays at the same time and then it ends with another subject brought up. I love the cultural differences in how they have the prayer time.

Tomorrow I’ll need to go out early, get more data for the phone and then spend most of the day finishing up Sunday’s sermons. I’m looking forward to Sunday. We may go out a little in the community inviting people to come. Emmanuel mentioned another marriage counseling too so I better be diligent in my time to finish everything.

Happy trails to Mike as he leaves tomorrow. We pray that we see you here safely Sunday night. I won’t be able to meet you at the airport since I’ll be preaching as the flight comes in.