Sunday mornings have looked a little different for us than they did in the States. We have been visiting several different "house churches" and Bible study groups that our teammates work with. As you can see from the following pictures, they look very different from your typical church in the USA, but they are functioning very much the same (ideally anyway). This one meets just outside a believer's home.
Filipinos love to sing, and the worship time was a wonderful experience. What a joy to be amongst God's people on this side of the world!
Because the group is small, they are able to divide into smaller discussion/prayer groups during the morning. These small groups also act out the Bible Story for the week for the rest of the group.
So what did the kids think of it? They loved it. They sat and worshipped with us for a while, then they went to mingle with the other neighborhood kids. Ben thoroughly enjoyed getting dirty again. Not every little boy is allowed to play in the dirt during church!
Mikayla participated in one of the dramas. Sunday mornings will be an excellent time for her to learn Tagalog.
Needless to say, it was difficult to keep track of the boys while we worshipped and they ran with the other kids. At one point, I zoomed in to take this shot of the boys clustered together. Then I sauntered over to see what they were so interested in. It was then that I discovered that they were all enjoying some kind of soupy snack (anything but sanitary, let me assure you). The Filipino boys were gladly sharing with our boys. One bite for them, one for Zach. One for him, one for Ben. So I may later report some illness that resulted from the events shown in this very picture! We take comfort knowing that we serve a God who we can trust to take care of our children - even in circumstances such as these!
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