Saturday morning

This morning I was trying to help Johnny, a third grader, with his schoolwork and we were being pestered by younger children.  It was a beautiful day and we were working outside on a picnic table, but Johnny did not need these 10 other distractions.  I had shooed them off several times, and finally I was trying to herd them to the other side of the building in my teacher voice.  Apparently someone in the kitchen figured out my dilemma, because after Johnny and I finished his lessons I went in the main dorm to find 10 children ages 2 to 6 sitting in a line on the floor mesmerized by Lydia.  She had the Bible open to Genesis 1 and was apparently telling them the creation story.  (She was speaking in Kiswahili.)  She is a very animated story teller and the children were glued to her.  She would ask them questions and they would respond in unison.  She would ask again and they would respond again.  She told how God made man from the earth and used her hands as she talked.  She went into detail about His making Adam's head, and shoulders, and arms, etc.  Upstairs was playdough packaged in small individual containers, like party favors.  So I brought it down and we went outside and all started forming people, and miscellaneous other things. The kids had a blast, even Johnny joined us.  Joy kept eating hers, but other than that we all had a great time.