Written on their Hearts--Thursday, May 17th

I didn't actually write a journal on Thursday; either because of exhaustion or lack of motivation
but certainly not because of a deficit of material to write about. Even as I look back on the journals as I am rewriting them, I realize so many important and influencing events and observations of each day are left out. Some of them I leave out intentionally for personal reasons, but others I tell people about but for some reason never actually wrote about them (one reason to make sure you ask me more instead of only reading about it).

Bible School was generally structured that we would start off singing Lugbara songs, we would teach them American songs, and then we might or might not go back to singing their songs (all of the singing taking about half an hour or so; sometimes more, sometimes less). We would perform some sort of skit about a Bible Character in simple terms and in ways they could remember them and remember the application of them. we'd break off into 3-4 groups and retell the story, this time with a form of application and a memory verse. All this was done in English and translated by one of our volunteer translators. Finally, we would alter between games and quiz time. Quiz was a time when anyone could stand and say "Quiz" and after the whole group would respond "Quiz" to signify their attentiveness, they would ask a question, either about the story, about the Bible as a whole, or about other books of the Bible (This was all in English, since it is the language of education, and sometimes translated to Lugbara for the younger kids). I was stunned how much these kids have memorized (they have to when they don't have many bibles around) and how sadly they put a lot of us to shame--and we were mostly ministry students who have memorized a lot! I decided to try to start memorizing Scripture more (and I encourage you to do so as well) after seeing how easily I remembered these verses just after repeating them so often with the children. These are the verses we used: partly so you can see how the week progressed, but also so you can memorize them as well--don't worry, most of them are real easy, just repeat them out loud frequently.

Monday: character: Noah
verse: "I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is a sign of my permanent promise to you and to all the world." Genesis 9:13
Tuesday: character: Joshua
verse:"Shout! for the Lord has given you the city." Joshua 6:16
Wednesday: character: David
verse: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13
Thursday: character: Daniel
verse: "God rescues and he saves." Daniel 6:27
Friday: character: Jesus
verse: "God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16