On Monday Mama Vickie and I went to Teacher Lawrence’s P2 Class and taught a story from the Bible. We taught from Luke 9:10-17 about the feeding of the five thousand. There were a few things Lawrence wanted us to focus on … in particular blessing and thanking God for the food you have before you, also the importance of sharing with one another, and trusting that God will provide for us even when we think it is impossible. 

The children who live in the houses here at Agape Children’s Village have House Mama’s who cook their meals for them and always make sure they are being fed, thanks to the help and support of those supporting ACV. But, the other children at the school who don’t stay here don’t always know when or where their next meal may come from. Because of this, there have been problems when lunch time comes around; there is always pushing and shoving and kids getting hurt to be the first in line.

We started out by having all the kids sit in a circle, which I’ve learned is an almost impossible task when there is a “muzungu” in the room J Haha. But it was a success and I began reading the verses from the Bible as Teacher Lawrence translated then Mama Vickie read and showed them an illustrated version of the story.

We brought bread and sardines to practice what we read. We cut pieces of bread into 5 “loaves” and cut two sardines into pieces and passed them around. Each child took one piece of each and there was even extra to spare.

At the end I was able to give out some crosses that a friend of my grandmother’s gave me. Her name is Mary Kelly and she makes these crosses and gives them to people going on mission trips to give out to those they meet and interact with. I thought this was a great time to give these crosses out so hopefully these kids will be able to look at the cross and remember the story from the Bible and hopefully share it with their friends and family who will be wondering where they received the cross.

                Short, sweet, and to the point!! Haha … figured I’d spare yall the extensive reading that my blogs tend to turn into. The three amigos are having an AMAZING time here at ACV being with the kids. I just got back from teaching the kids how to play Uno and go fish. It was a good night.

LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU ALL!! (Cravens, Crowders, and Webbs... if yall are reading this I've been thinking about you!! Wish yall could meet all the kids here and play with us)