Kids Club and Temples

Hey everybody this is CW from typing to you from London. Today started even earlier than yesterday and was a little bit more exhausting. We started off at 7:00 am with devotions and worship and than piled into the van for the first day of Kids Club at the church (New Life Masighar). Around 10:00 am kids started showing up and the fun and games began. Many kids who came were actually Muslim, Sikh and Hindu kids whose parents have come to trust the church over the years. We started off the morning with songs performed by Jack, although most were hesitant at first, it got better by the end of the day. After this Danny, Hana and Kelly began the skit of the summer marathon with characters such as Rodney Roadrunner and Devious Dianne. Gospel coach Sarah then came and began sharing the gospel with the young ones who seemed to be paying attention.
At the games station, controlled by Morgan, kids played “human bicycling” for which partners raced across a field with one on their hands and the other holding the first ones legs. Kids then had music time with Jack where they went absolutely crazy! Kids danced to Father Abraham and many other songs. This was followed by snack time where kids ate, crisps (chips) and squash (London’s version of kool-aid.) Following this, kids hit Bible time with Matt…or as the kids call him, “Volly the Vulture.” He came booming into the room in a vulture costume and told the story of God’s people disobeying God and being sent into the desert. To end the day kids congregated back in the main hall and sing more songs and follow the story of the summer marathon. The kids seemed responsive to us and were as interested in our culture as much as we were in theirs. Please pray for open hearts and that the Lord will really bless the ministry here.

CW


Hello everyone! This is JB continuing the London Update. After Kid’s Club, we were all pretty tired but at the same time, excited. We were able to sit down with all of the other volunteers and discuss our favorite parts of the day and what we can do to make it better for the rest of the week.
After lunch and a supermarket visit to get some liquids, we were off to visit a Hindu Temple. This was one of the most interesting parts of the day. We shuffled in after removing our shoes, as is custom, and looked at the numerous idols displayed across the room. It was an odd feeling looking at these man made statues and thinking that people actually believed they were alive. Hindu’s treat their gods as real living beings. They talk to them, feed them, bathe them, and even put them to sleep at night. I was shocked at how foolish it seemed to me.
It got me thinking though – how must atheists, agnostics, and other non-believers view Christians in our society? Maybe they look at me worshipping a God who cannot be seen and who has no physical connection with me and view me foolish, the same way I viewed the Hindus. “The foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” 1 Corinthians 1:25. Food for thought.
After we got home and had some downtime, we talked about what we had seen at the temple. Bob, the man in charge with World Harvest Mission, helped explain Hinduism to us and answered any questions we had. All in all, it was a pretty amazing day. I’m definitely excited for Kid’s Club for the rest of the week. I pray that we will be able to plant seeds in the kid’s lives that God can cause to grow, even after we leave. Pray without ceasing for us here in the U.K. We love you all.

God Bless,
JB