It seems that the weather pattern has now stabilised to a mixture of glorious sunshine, thunderstorms and torrential rain, overcast afternoons and then another thunderstorm overnight....and I thought Ethiopia was a dry country !
This morning we arrived at the MKC Church to lead the Children’s session, only to find that there were no other adults and many of the 67 kids seemed to use this as an opportunity to misbehave. We have now discovered how difficult it is to control a crowd of Kids when you don’t speak their language. Dodi tried bravely to assist, but the sessions seemed to descend into confusion on more than one occasion.....Oh well as they say...Chigga Yellum!
Lunchtime was again interrupted by an incredible thunderstorm that prevented the teenage session from starting on time. (We have discovered that timekeeping in Ethiopia is not an exact science) and so we finally convened back at the Church at 14:30 with 50 teenagers.
Before we arrived in Ethiopia I had planned to teach 4 sessions using parts of the Letters of paul to the New Testament Churches
Before we arrived in Ethiopia I had planned to teach 4 sessions using parts of the Letters of paul to the New Testament Churches
- Galatians 3 & 4 - we are Sons of God, Called to live in grace, by the power of the Holy Spirit
- Ephesians 2 - We are Gods workmanship and any works we do for him need to come from the overflow of his grace and love in our lives.
- Philippians 2 - We are to imitate the humility of Jesus and align our attitudes with his
- Colossians 3 - We need to set our hearts and minds on the things God wants us to and change our behaviours to be those the God wants us to have
When we arrived here, we discovered that they only required me to teach for 3 sessions, so today I merged session 3 and 4 into one session and although it lasted for 75 minutes (with a translator), most of the teens were attentive. However I later discovered that Vanessa and Abi were sat at the back drawing cartoon characters of various creatures... they obviously don’t have the attention span of the average Ethiopian teenager !!
This evening we were due to meet with the worship group from the Eden Genet church in another are of town and travelled the 25 minutes to get there. Just as we arrived we got a phone call to let us know that it was not going to be happening as many of the group could not make it.....Chigga Yellum again. We are learning that plans do not always happen as we expect.
This evening we have discovered that Abi and Dodi have been sharing their room with a Gecko. This only came to light when it scuttled down the wall from its hideout by the top of the curtain. This has led to much hilarity, squeals and attempts to catch it. Azi finally captured it and released it on the balcony....but I think it will find its way back in fairly easily.
Tomorrow we are meeting at the MKC Church for a thanksgiving service with all the Kids, Teenagers and Parents and then all of us are going to climb the mountain behind the Church..... Apparently the view is well worth the climb.
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