Jonah and I were invited to a VBS or EBDV (escuela biblica de vacaciones) this week. Some of the kids weren't allowed to walk alone down the road, or were nervous to go unless we went with them, so of course we pilled in as many as we could!
When we got there with a car full of little ones from our colonia, we asked if there was anything we could do to help. Little did we know the help would be rolling newspaper for one of the crafts. Have you ever rolled newspaper into tiny tubes for three hours? Me either. We were disappointed that we wouldn't be with the kids, but happy to help, we got our supplies and sat in one of the pews to begin working. Little did we know how rewarding the day would be!
While working, we witnessed many blessings happening all around us and in return were blessed by observing the different groups of children as they learned and played.
Every once in a while, one of our kids would run over to us to show us their work, they would come over to tell us how pretty our newspaper was, or simply glance our direction just to see us sitting there. Doing this little task meant so much to the kids because we were THERE for them. Our presence really does make a difference, even when we think we aren't doing anything that great.
A few minutes into the day, William was brought to us out of the Kinder room crying. He wanted to be with us, so we let him sit in the pews and help.
He was very serious about his work!
After we made a sufficient amount we took the papers to this table, where they were meticulously crafting these beautiful baskets (I think they are for tortillas) out of the paper we had been rolling.
Here are some of the finished products. They're beautiful! SO worth the newspaper stained and gluey fingers.
This finished product was just one of the many blessings received that day.
We also witnessed:
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| Women emerging as leaders in the Church and Community. |
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| Pre-teens learning about how much God loves them. |
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| Babies learning that Jesus is the Strongest Super Hero of them all! |
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| Little ones playing! |
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| The future of Mexico learning to trust God, raising their hands in praise! |
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| And the grandest blessing of them all: these six children accepting Christ as their Savior. |
Our work may seem less than grandiose at times, but to these children, simply our presence makes an impact on their lives. They see that we love them so much that we want to sit in a pew and roll paper for three hours just to be with them at EBDV.
Have you ever done something that seemed so small, but it ended up meaning a lot to someone else while blessing you immensely in return? Let's do more of the little things. Little things turn into bigger things, and large blessings! Take time to spend with our young people in your community. No matter how little the task, you will make their day!
