Kenya Ministry=In Case you were wondering
Ok so I figured out that I’ve said nothing about a pretty
big ministry we did while in Kenya. But I wanted you guys to know about it so
here goes.
So 2 or 3 days a week we would go into the local primary
schools and teach a class. It was sort of strange at first coming up with a
whole lesson plan to take up an hour. It was also a bit scary because these
elementary school classes were not American standard size. Our classes ranged
anywhere from 50-150 kids. They were really well behaved though!
It was really cool that the school system here allowed us to
talk about God. They were called “morality classes.” They had to memorize
verses, had a theme per week, and knew a ton of Christian songs (in English and
Swahili). They knew a lot of Bible stories and who Jesus is, so we told stories
and taught songs. The kids really like learning English songs. Some of the
younger kids were a bit of a challenge because they couldn’t understand our
English. We told the younger class the story of the Good Samaritan and it was
silly asking them questions like “Do you know what a Samaritan is?” or “do you
know what a Levite is?” In my defense we
had no idea that we were teaching that morning and I only had 5 minutes to
prepare.
I’d have to say the most challenging class I had was a class
of teenagers. I decided a VBS Bible story and Jesus loves me wouldn’t quite be
appropriate so I decided to talk about fear. I asked them what sorts of things
they were afraid of and was a little surprised at their answers. Some said the
dark, some said dying, some said getting attacked by wild animals. I’ve never
really thought about being attacked by wild animals. So then I told them about some of my fears,
how God helped me live through them, and I was fine. My main goal was to tell
them how amazing I thought they were, and how even more amazing God thinks they
are.
My last class I had I asked them to take a piece of paper
and write down any prayer requests they had. I got over a hundred tiny pieces
of paper. They ranged from “pray for me to pass my exams” to “pray for my sick
sister, and me too I’m sick.” There were some praying to come to the U.S. to
visit us. These kids were truly beautiful, inside and out, and I cant believe I
had the opportunity to invest into their lives. They are going to do great
things, I know it.
