Today David and I had the privilege of teaching the children at church! Since Courtney and Hines have returned to the states, and because Darwin had a soccer game there was a slight change in the normal line up for church at the homeless ministry. Amber preached, this left it up to me and David to think up a quick little lesson for Sunday School. We decided to continue to talk to the kids about love (my favorite topic). We asked the kids to draw on a piece of paper what love meant to them. We also cut hearts out of coffee filters and had them color them. We then sprayed the coffee filters with a little water to make the colors look like tie-dye. We had around 20 kids with us this evening and the majority of them were quite hyper! One child in particular stood out to me tonight. His name is Noey and I hadn't seen him at Amber's building before. He was extremely sweet and well behaved and was very motivated when it came to drawing his interpretation of love. He drew Jesus surrounded by hearts and he took his time to make sure everything was just right! It was simply adorable. After Sunday School had finished it was time to eat! Noey sat next to me and as he ate he kept offering me food from his bowl. It hit me that this little boy who may not have eaten yet that day was more concerned about making sure his new friends had food than he was about his own apetite. After realizing this I spent the rest of the night playing with Noey and making sure I got as many smiles out of him as I could! However, this did not include letting him win at arm wrestling, I beat him every time. I hope to see this little guy come to the homeless ministry more often so I can get to know him better! After dinner it was time to run! As usual I had a child with me, instead of Jonathan I had his brother Arol run with me. Arol was more up to the running challenge and fortunately I never had to carry him.
The most memorable image from tonight came from two unexpected members of the homeless shelter. Diana is one of the youngest children at the shelter and is usually acting like any 5 year old girl does. Running around, screaming, and causing chaos. Melvin is one of the most caring people I have ever met, and even though he has never seen my face he made an attempt to get to know me today. He is blind and also has recently injured his leg quite badly. Melvin was walking into church and between the loud noises of all the people and all of the people running around he couldn't find a place to sit. I was on the other side of the room and was about to go help him when I saw Diana walk towards him. She reached up, grabbed Melvin's hand and led him to a seat. These images of Honduras will never cease to amaze me.
No comments:
Post a Comment