It was evident on our first day of VBS that tons of preschoolers were present. Often there is an older sibling caring for a younger child. For the older child to get the most out of our class time, we decided to send everyone five and under to the preschool tent on Tuesday.
God provided in three very specific ways:
1. Jean taught preschoolers in a church setting for years. Garland and Sandy do well with little ones and have recent practice with grandchildren.
2. Joyce the year round IAA preschool teacher showed up even though she was on vacation for the month. Her command of Kiswahili and children is natural.
3. We had purchased preschool curriculum for Joyce to use and gave it a test run for the remainder of the week!
Tuesday’s topic for our lesson time was “The Word”. We explained 2 Timothy 3:16-17,
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” From there we discussed how to best grasp Scripture using the hand illustrated by the Navigator ministry.
From there we had a little skit to introduce SPECS, which huge clown glasses helped us to illustrate the point. We look for the following points in reading Scripture with our specs.
S= Sin to avoid.
P = Promises to claim.
E = Example to follow or not to follow.
C = Command to obey.
C = Command to obey.
S = Savior to see.
Then using “glow sticks” thanks to Sherri Taliaferro, we sang “Thy Word is A Lamp Unto My Feet” followed by other activities to bring home the points.
The difficult reality was that we were teaching them about using God’s Word but no one had Bibles. Please pray with us as to how to remedy this situation. RC3 has given Bibles in the past and they are worn out from use each Sunday. I think it is time to restock.
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