Everything is different in Africa and that certainly goes for VBS. I think the kids are really enjoying themselves and they are learning about God's great love for all people and certainly for each of them.
On Day 1 each child and adult was given a name. This is Jane in Amharic.
The kids were taught Jesus Loves Me, with the actions, in English, so that they could sing it each day throughout VBS. They're doing a great job.
Each day food is part of the deal mid-morning. Some of the kids won't have eaten before they come. This was scrambled eggs in a bread roll.
And another day it was sweet potatoes served skin and all. After handing them around to the kids Getu and I took a plate off to his office where we were working on something on his computer. We peeled off the skin and they were SOOOOO delicious!
The children were divided into groups according to age. These were the 5-7 year olds
and the 8 - 10's
and some of the little ones with their artwork.
Petros and I decided that The Jesus Film would fit well into the
program/theme, and as YFC Ethiopia owns it in Amharic each class has watched half an hour this week and
will complete it next week as a celebration at the end of VBS. No fancy
projection equipment here.
At the end of each morning when the children had gone home all staff and volunteers had lunch together before the volunteers headed off.
Its been a great week for the children but also for the staff and volunteers as we work together as a team to share the life-changing message that Jesus came to proclaim - his sacrificial death for the sin of all mankind to reconcile us to God and give us eternal life with him.
We begin again on Monday.
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