The Arevalos have a Bible
holiday club all this week at which I'm helping out. We have a nice
little group of about 20 kids who are so enthusiastic in everything
they do from playing football to listening to the Bible stories. Its
a real pleasure being around them.
Today, we baked and decorated cookies,
played football, sung and listened to a great Bible story about Jesus healing the paralytic, ran around
and collapsed with exhaustion in the mid afternoon heat (perhaps that
was just me, I'm still getting used to these temperatures). I think
the camp is going really well! Everyone is enjoying themselves and
the children have the chance to hear about the Bible too which is the most important thing.
I should mention that the Bible club is being held in a state run school. In Peru there are both state and private schools. Anyone with any money to spare tends to send their children to a private school. State schools tend to be under resourced and over subscribed, teachers are paid very little and the level of education in many schools is not great. As a result, children in state schools don't get the same chances. It was for this reason that this Bible camp in this particular school has been such a blessing. These are children who may never have heard anything about the Bible before and who have little opportunities to achieve yet they have been so enthusiastic about who Jesus is and what He has done for us.
I should mention that the Bible club is being held in a state run school. In Peru there are both state and private schools. Anyone with any money to spare tends to send their children to a private school. State schools tend to be under resourced and over subscribed, teachers are paid very little and the level of education in many schools is not great. As a result, children in state schools don't get the same chances. It was for this reason that this Bible camp in this particular school has been such a blessing. These are children who may never have heard anything about the Bible before and who have little opportunities to achieve yet they have been so enthusiastic about who Jesus is and what He has done for us.
Afterwards we all headed to the
cricket club for a swim.We met some more friends of the Arevalos
there and had quite a party! The water was cool and inviting after
the heat of the streets of Lima this morning.
Lunch was a bit of a special affair...6000 miles away from Scotland, we all sat by the pool and had fish and chips! It reminded so much me of the times myself and Dad sat on the pier and ate our fish supper en route home from a parents evening or a choir practise.
Lunch was a bit of a special affair...6000 miles away from Scotland, we all sat by the pool and had fish and chips! It reminded so much me of the times myself and Dad sat on the pier and ate our fish supper en route home from a parents evening or a choir practise.
The rest of the day was spend lazily sunbathing and swimming till the fog descended and sent us all packing, tired and a more then a little sun burnt, home.
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