#SUNDAY SCHOOL IN #UKRAINE

This is crafts with the eight to ten year olds.  They love doing crafts.  I wish it were a better picture, but kids this age are moving all the time.  At this age they don't understand the politics of the country they live in, but we do all we can to keep things normal for them.  Despite the prospect of war, life goes on.  Would appreciate your prayers for Ukraine that we can continue to minister to these dear people.

YOUTH IN UKRAINE

This shot is one of the youth in our church, Bethany in Bucha.  I caught them while they were waiting on the Sunday school teacher to come open the door.  They weren't real happy about me taking their picture, but I convinced them and thus the goofy smiles.  For those of you who have followed this blog for years, the tallest one in the middle, Andre, was the child who got hit by a car in Kyiv when he was about 8 years old.  He suffered some head trauma. I asked him one time if he felt like he made a full recovery.  He said he wonders about his memory sometimes.  Otherwise he seems to function pretty well and gets a long with all.  Please pray for this group and those who lead them.  This is the future of every church and we want this group to grow.  Your prayers are highly coveted.

GIVING YOUR CHILDREN AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE

There is so much we want to pass onto our children, but maybe one of the most important things after salvation is there understanding that this is not our home.  This is not where we'll be forever and we shouldn't get too comfortable.  Too often even we ourselves get too "at home" in this life.  Enjoy this article for an "eternal view."  http://thechuppies.com/2011/04/i-dont-want-our-kids-to-feel-at-home/

TECHNOLOGY AND CRAFTS IN UKRAINE

Not long ago I got a surprise when I opened the door into the Sundays school class of the 3 and 4 year olds. I was going in to do crafts with them. You can see the craft laying on the table. At that age they mostly just glue things down and we put a Bible verse on all our crafts. As you can see from this picture I was surprised to see the computer which had their Sunday school story playing. Little kids nowadays like cartoons and computer games so this is a natural. It was new for me.

In the Beginning

Sunday School Craft Time

Little Ones Crafting in Sunday School

One of these precious ones caught my camera as she was making her craft.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Crafts With the Six Year Olds

This is too much fun to call it work. Sunday school teacher Vitya and Crafts volunteer Leda helping the children.