I spent the day with my friend Jen at Kurasini Orphanage, the orphanage on the other side of the city that I try to go to periodically. Instead of just going to play with the kids like we normally do, we decided to start teaching the kids some lessons that will serve their greatest needs (while still loving on them and playing with them of course). We decided to start doing some basic health lessons with the kids as well as some Bible lessons. Today, we taught them the importance of washing their hands (and bathing) and demonstrated how to do so (and left some bars of soap at the orphanage for them).
Jen and one of our eager examples, Baraka, washing his hands :)
We also did a small lesson on why we celebrate Christmas, what its real meaning is. We talked about how God used a star to point the Magi to Jesus and how He uses many methods still to tell us about His son Jesus. We had them draw and decorate a star as a reminder that God wants us to know Him.
Yesu ni Mungu = Jesus is Lord
SUCH a simple lesson, and they so loved every second of it. These kids just can't get enough love and attention from us while we are there.... they are literally starved for it. Please keep these precious kids in your prayers. And pray for the other 147 million orphans around the world. (Yes, 147 million.) "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress." James 1:27
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