Ja Rurat 11-16

The day started as well as I could hope. I was asked to preach at the 8:00 service again this morning. I spoke on Mathew 9 and how Jesus attracted people like tax collectors and sinners because of the love and acceptance he demonstrated, and how we we are called to draw others to Christ by our own demonstrations of irresistible care. It seemed to go well and was well received.

Just Ah Jan Vee and I on our own today at Ja Rurat. Two men handling twenty eight kids is a challenge, without a doubt, but it went as well as it possibly could have. We sang a couple of songs and Vee led us in a very simple game. Afterward, I taught the Bible lesson for today (with Vee translating) and we picked back up on the story of Joseph and took him from being sold into slavery to being thrown into prison after being falsely accused by Potiphar's wife. The older kids are really following the story and seem very interested. The younger kids can not sit still or understand the story, so they are all over the place. Vee and I both know we have got to do something to break the kids into age groups for part of our time each week or we may lose the older kids. We're going to be discussing how to do this in the weeks ahead.


Vee leads the kids in a game. The kids really love him. He has such a heart for the slum areas.

We had coloring book pages that went along with the lesson. My Thai is still very limited, so about all I could do with them is suggest various colors in Thai.

How can you help liking these kids and hurting at the thought that at the end of the day, you're going home, but they LIVE here?

Kids are kids the world over, and these kids show the same unbridled joy that all kids do.

Workin' that new hair-do!