Plans Altered

What's new?  My plans change every five seconds.

Friday night Shannon let me know I was teaching Sunday school at a new church Sunday morning, but it should be more like VBS and less like class in Catulaca.  Lesson, games, crafts all made up in less than 24 hours.  Expecting 15 children, I handed out candy to over 20 by then end of our time together.  Needless to say, crafts didn't happen.

I taught them the story of creation and how God made Adam and Eve.  Prepared with a white board drawing of each day of creation, I told the story while Kristi translated.  Afterwards, one of the older children led us in some children's songs and then we played a game.

It was lunch before we got back to Gracias, so I went out to eat with the Hopkins' and Jessica.  This was followed by taking the kids to get ice cream and watching them in the park until their parent's finished errands in town. 

By the time I got home, made a few phone calls, and packed for Sunday night's lesson (a completely different lesson) it was time to go to Catulaca.

Tyler, the 10 year old son of Shannon and Kristi, helped me tell the lesson!  There is a good chance he knows the Bible better than me.  He often gets frustrated when I have the kids read the scripture in Spanish, because he still has a hard time at Spanish.  Having him tell the story in English allowed him to take part in the lesson he usually ignores.  It also helped that I had English worksheets for both him and his sister yesterday.

I helped the 2 English speaking Hopkins' kids while Kristi took the remaining 10 Spanish speaking kids.  I can't help them, okay!  Don't worry, I give Kristi the answers to the worksheets in Spanish.  She just gives them hints.  Anyway, this worked great for me.  I'll have to see about Kristi's thoughts.  She's the one with 10 kids.

I got home late, slept a few hours, got up early, and moved into another room.

I'm resting for the next 24 hours, okay maybe just the rest of the morning; taking my Sunday rest time on Monday.

All this said, I wouldn't change a thing.  I love what I do.