Lessons learned

Hello all! Just a short update! I did my first day of VBS with the kids, it went fantastic! All of the children are so sweet and it's great to see all the different personalities coming together! I learned an important lesson today, a lesson of child-like faith. Our VBS today was on fear and after discussing what we were all afraid of I read a few Bible verses and asked some questions. Wihtout hesitation they were all able to answer each one. It really amazed me at how much they had taken in the verse and really listened to it and understood the meaning. I think sometimes as Christians we are so used to hearing verses that we don't take them to heart. We listen to them but don't think of the meaning of them every time we hear them. We skim over them in books and tell ourselves we've heard it a million times. I think we need to read them every time with the interest and understanding of a child. These kids amaze me more and more everytime I see them, which is pretty much every second of everyday since I've been here :) All of the families here are amazing and I've definitely connected with all of them in different ways. I seem to have a strong connection with Becky Baskin. I think it's because she reminds me of my mom a lot. I've spent most of my time helping her with her kids so I've had some time to get to know her. It's been great! Her kids, there are 6 of them, all feel like siblings to me and all seem to really enjoy my company! Everyone else has also been great to get to know and connect with as well! It's so great to be surrounded by such God loving people! Well I'm off to bed! Hope all of you have a great rest of the day! Goodnight from Burundi!