What a Morning!!

 

Yesterday was quite a morning.  In our service we referred to what the children had been learning about, the replica of the temple they had constructed with everything that went inside, including the girls sewing the curtains.  As part of our service we "cleansed" ourselves by writing things on a small piece of paper that we were sorry to have done and wanted forgiveness for.  We then burned them up.  So it was very meaningful.

 

Then Kamau preached quite a good sermon on "Thankfulness."  He was really able to engage the children and all of us.  There were more children from the community there so our attendance was about 70, probably - only about 20 being adults.

 

As the service was coming to an end, a truck drove up and Benedict went to check.  The provincial social worker came a day early with 4 of the children we were expecting on Monday.  So the whole congregation went out to greet them.  Fortunately they didn't seem totally overwhelmed, staying in the back of the pick-up. 

 

They are 4 children from the same family.  Actually we were expecting the 2, 4, and 6 year old.  At the last, the elderly grandmother refused to send the 2 yo.  But she did send the 8 and 10 year olds.  So whereas we were expecting 3 from that family, we received 4.

 

More children come later today, so I will be planning today for the way they can enter into school.  The children that came yesterday do not speak English and have never been to school.  It will be exciting to see them grow and learn quickly.