Sunday School at Meserete Kristos Church

THAT was so much fun!

I just got the gift of my life teaching Sunday School at MKC with a headcount of over 53 kids! I taught them the Ten Commandments, and some of them already knew, but the night before I (with the help of Eshetu) put together a dry erase board with the Ten Commandments on paper folded and taped to the board to make it a little more interactive, and when I asked for 10 volunteers to help me flip the paper to read each commandment, the room went wild.

So...how do you control and contain over 53 kids in a room that may measure 12X12? Sara, Mulugeta's (BCI Academy principal) daughter, helped me translate and keep the room under control. She was fantastic. When it got too rowdy, I stood in the middle of the room and told them "everyone reach up high and grab a banana" which they did, "and put it in your mouth. This is how we know we need to be quiet." And it worked. So sweet, and amazing kids. The woman who was standing in the room watching held in a giggle. But hey!

I was going to let them color after the lesson if they wanted to but there were more kids than I had stuff for, so we played games instead. I taught them how to play Duck, Duck, Goose with Sara's help in telling them how and getting them separated into groups of 10 each.  They seemed to like the new game. 

　

 

So much fun. So, so much fun. I hope we didn't disturb the big kid class too much, but we were praising Jesus even if we did.

"Following Jesus is not about following a bunch of rules. God gave us the Ten Commandments as a guideline. If we break one, this is what is so cool about Jesus - it's why He came. He forgives us through His grace. We get to love Jesus more than we love anyone else. We live for Jesus more than we live for anyone else."

And that concludes the first Sunday School I got to teach since being back in Debre Zeyit! Thanks so much for your support in helping make all of this possible.  I can't wait until next week!