God’s Chosen Generation

Today Jenny and I had a very easy day. In fact we didn’t leave our upstair’s room area until the afternoon. After breakfast of farina (cream of wheat) and muffins we visited for a little while and then we decided to work some. I needed to prepare more for my sermon and Jenny wanted to review her lesson for the children some more. We both sat in the conference room and went to work. We were frequently distracted by the children coming up to see if Mother Jenny would give them a piece of candy or a balloon. When they either had what they asked for or realized they wouldn’t get another we told them to leave us be as we had some things to do. That kept them out for a little time, but they inevitably came back. I blame Jenny for such a soft heart for the kids. Of course neither of us were too bothered. They are a joy to have around. There is one girl, Destin, and one boy, Thaddeus, that always seem to be in the lead for these things. They also fight like brother and sister and truth be told, I don’t know who the parents are, but Mother Wintee makes sure they are cared for as her own.

Back to work now. Jenny and I were able to put together some good work time and get to the point we could take a break when our daughter, Jessica called from Thailand. We had a good visit with her as we had our pumpkin soup over rice for lunch. It is more like cooked and spiced squash and is very good.

After lunch Jenny had time for a short nap while I continued to work. We had a short walk later on while we showed our son Jonathan around the area on FaceTime. We hope to catch the other kids another time.

After our walk Jenny had a meeting to go over the upcoming kid’s club she has planned for next Saturday. Jenny, Herrietta and Winston are planning the time as well as a meal of beans and rice for all.

Once the meeting was concluded we headed over to Princess Monmia’s home where she has a weekly Bible class for her neighborhood children. She calls her class, ‘The Chosen Generation’. She’s been doing this for almost three years now with a couple young people who noticed her doing this that also volunteered to help. Now they have a regular group of kids growing up knowing their Bible and learning in their own community. They had 42+\- students attending today. I was able to share a little with them and had them recite John 3:16 with me. They all knew it in the version I memorized as a kid…the King James Version. It was good to say it with them and encourage them too. They were very attentive.

Jenny then got up to speak and she did a shortened version of the wordless book to explain the necklaces that the kids at Mom’s group back home made. She shared and then we handed out the necklaces to all the kids. We even ran short for what Jenny took along, so we’ll send 7 necklaces back for Princess Monmia to hand out.

Herrietta, Jenny’s good friend from LCMI church came along as did Mother Wintee and they participated also. The kids presented us with some fans to help us in the heat. They are so thoughtful.

We handed out the necklaces and a piece of gum and finished the service with prayer. Here are a couple of pictures.