It’s the only time in my life when I dreaded Bible study. Party because it was first thing in the morning and made our 10-hour ministry day an 11-hour ministry day. But moreso because the boys were rude, disrespectful, and inattentive.
The rescued street boys that were our ministry focus in Bolivia had limited experiences with the Christian faith. Some of them were believers but most of them had hardened hearts.
Pre-breakfast Bible study was clearly not the highlight of their day. Even trying to liven it up with discussion questions or games were futile.
They spent the hour muttering under their breath at and about us, mocking our imperfect but still good Spanish, or refusing to open their Bibles and notebooks.
So when we proposed an affirmation activity for the group, we had low expectations. We invited the boys’ educators to set an example and go first and then talked about bribing the boys with popcorn to get them to participate.
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