Kids Church

One of the things I miss most about home is teaching Kids Church. Yesterday I went with Hope and Cheque to Rio 1 where Meme has a soup kitchen and every Saturday they have worship, kids and adults split up for church, and then they eat lunch together. I helped Hope and Cheque with the 30ish kids ages 2-12 who have church outside on a picnic table, which was so entertaining. I love that some things about kids are universal. The girls all sat at one table, and the boys sat at the other. The boys finished their craft in record time, and the girls spent lots of time coloring, cutting, and pasting theirs together. Most of the girls sat still and most of the boys were upside-down or under the table. One thing that I loved at home, and still love here, is the emphasis on memorizing scripture. Each week Hope gives the kids a memory verse, and they can earn a silly band or piece of candy if they remember it the next week. Yesterday we put together books with all their memory verses to date, and have plenty of extra pages to add a new verse each week. Now, the trick will be to see who brings their book back next week, they earn double prizes if they remember it!