They Humbled Me
Yesterday, 18 May 2007 marked my first time leading six charming kids in their life group lesson. For another time again I am called teacher after a few years lapse of being the assistant teacher in Sunday school. I wasn’t really into teaching a large group of kids anymore, kids sometimes do drive you up the wall. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not of them being active in running around with no self-discipline. It’s more of the questions they ask could make my brain jam and speechless. I still lack of some creativity in responding to their questions.
My lesson with them are NOT easy at all, indeed it was quite challenging on how I can share and teach them to learn serving our mothers in a special way in honor of all that our mothers does for us. I still felt a bit nervous in handling 6 kids at the same time despite the lesson guide on my hand. I suppose it had turned out to be better than I thought.
The first activity they were instructed to do is to make a list, but divide them into two.
1. What mom does for me and others?
2. What mom does for herself only?
Guess which list has got most items of what mom does? All of them have a longer list on what mom does for others. It was a humbling process for me to know how great our mothers have always thought about others first more than herself. Even a little kid knows this inside out.
The second activity they did is to try to brainstorm and come out with a list, as many as they can think of how they can show love to Mom. It can be from giving mommy a massage, do laundry, obey, give mommy a hug or kiss to give her a card and etc. There’s this girl, happily writing all she can do to express her love to her mom. She has come out more than 20 items writing them down on the drawing block I gave. Most lovely part she did was drawing herself hugging her mother when she’s sad. She even drew her tears rolling off the cheeks. So sweet of her.
On the other hand, the other boy got a bit distracted by other kids though he was trying hard to think of ways to show his love to the mother. I gave my own idea telling him “what about you put the shoes back to the shoe rack when you got home?”. And he really wrote that down on the paper. Actually this is precisely one of my mom’s frustrations over us.
What’s interesting about this list is they had to present it to their mothers and ask them to select 3 items they wanted their children to do most over the week and put their words into action! Hahaha, got caught! Opps. 
My only shortfall for lastnight’s lesson was not able to pray together with them. All of them got so excited running out from the room to show their mothers what they had drawn during the lesson! Needless to say, it’s was a wonderful and meaningful night for me. I think I learn more from them than what they learn from me. Thank you kids!
Just a few minutes ago, I received a SMS from one of the kid’s parent to tell me the kid likes me very much and was talking about me all night long. Best part was, wanting me to be the teacher every week! I remember he was the first ran up to me, sat very close to me when I opened up the bible and read the verse out loud. Proverbs 24: 3-4
Awwww….. So sweet! *sob sob*
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