Seeds Sown
Last year during our children's ministry tour of five villages, there was one particular village that was harder than all the rest. Not only was it the farthest village to get to, but it also had the fewest number of children, and those who came didn't actively participate. We spent four Sundays there, teaching the children and training the two people who wanted to be the Sunday school teachers. That was really the only positive thing we could glean from the experience - two teachers, a man and a woman, who had good hearts, a love for the children, and a desire to be in involved.
I left for furlough shortly after spending four Sundays at this village, and then today was the first day to go back after a three month break. What charlotte, Rebeca, Emily, and I found totally amazed us.
A group of eighty children had already gathered under the shade of our designated children's church tree. Ton Ton (uncle) Gregoire and Tanti (aunt) Augustine had already done a lesson with them, and they were anxiously awaiting our arrival. When Rebeca started singing with them, they all burst into joyful praise. They danced and clapped along to the words they knew by heart.
One song used their traditional greeting, "Yanni", to literally greet God, whose name is "Namwin" in dagara. They sang, "Yanni, Namwin" followed by a chorus that said, "though others insult us, we will still praise you."
Charlotte and Rebeca left rejoicing because the village that had been the hardest now hosts the most successful children's ministry. "Seeds were sown," Charlotte said. And now we get to see the rains come and the tiny sprouts break out of the hard soil.
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." - Galatians 6:9
I left for furlough shortly after spending four Sundays at this village, and then today was the first day to go back after a three month break. What charlotte, Rebeca, Emily, and I found totally amazed us.
A group of eighty children had already gathered under the shade of our designated children's church tree. Ton Ton (uncle) Gregoire and Tanti (aunt) Augustine had already done a lesson with them, and they were anxiously awaiting our arrival. When Rebeca started singing with them, they all burst into joyful praise. They danced and clapped along to the words they knew by heart.
One song used their traditional greeting, "Yanni", to literally greet God, whose name is "Namwin" in dagara. They sang, "Yanni, Namwin" followed by a chorus that said, "though others insult us, we will still praise you."
Charlotte and Rebeca left rejoicing because the village that had been the hardest now hosts the most successful children's ministry. "Seeds were sown," Charlotte said. And now we get to see the rains come and the tiny sprouts break out of the hard soil.
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." - Galatians 6:9
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