Relationship Evangelism and Children’s Ministry

Today was our second day doing relationship evangelism. It has been very interesting. It seemed a bit awkward to simply walk into someone’s house (through the back door) and explain that we’re from America and just want to build relationships with people in the area. However, the people were very inviting and hospitable. We got to talk to a lot of interesting people. They were all funny and engaging. Mostly we just asked about their lives and culture, which eventually led to discussing beliefs. Side note: many Basothos who claim to be Christian actually mix some Christian beliefs with traditional beliefs that involve ancestral prayer and such. Thus, when they say they are Christians, we often need to ask more questions clarifying what that means to them. What we found was that all the people we talked to were Christians who were not involved in ancestral worship or prayer. Today, we even met a young man (age 24) who was already a leader of his Christian church. He had a lot of encouraging things to say. He explained that he was nervous about being chosen for a position of leadership at such a young age, but that he overcame that and is now very comfortable.

Today was also my ministry group’s turn to do a children’s ministry day at one of the churches in Qwa Qwa. We played lots of games, danced, and sang songs with the kids. They really enjoyed the chicken dance! Then we told the story of Daniel and lions’ den. They were extremely attentive and really got into it. After the story, we asked questions and gave stickers if they answered correctly. Those kids love their stickers. Then it started snowing! Everyone got really cold, so we just kept playing games to stay warm. Also, once we started taking pictures, all the kids would fight over who got to be in the pictures. They really like seeing their pictures on the screen. They all run around screaming “shoot! shoota!” Then, some high school aged guys let me play soccer with them. We played “monkey in the middle” with a soccer ball. I’m not too good at soccer, but they liked getting me involved and kicking it to me, possibly just to laugh at me, but it was really fun.

I would say that the last couple of days have been really fun and interesting. I have learned a whole lot about Basotho culture and how to interact with them.

                                                                                                                        

Last night was super windy! Our cabin was literally shaking. Our ceiling isn’t very solid, so the wind goes through it, making a lot of noise. It’s quite difficult to sleep. We’re pretty much just waiting for our roof to blow off.

                                                                                                                 

Prayer requests:

• One of my roommates Stephen was very sick today. He was throwing up and could hardly eat anything. Pray that he would feel better.
• Please pray that God would grow the seeds that we planted in peoples’ lives today and that more and more kids would come to the church this week.
• Pray for all of the local people who are living in small, cold houses as temperatures drop, and snow begins to fall.

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