Little by Little

These lovely teachers, daily are having a tangible impact on the students at Impact Kid's Pre-school.

We may not be changing the world with a school of 45 pre-schoolers but we just might making an indelible impression on the families and communities they represent. This is something I tell my teachers often. It's not me, or some amazing preacher that is making the impact, it is them as they daily spend hours upon hours with these children. Every hug, laugh, encouragement, plaster on a bruised knee (plaster = bandaid here) and lesson shared is a tangible act of God's love to these precious children.

We don't realize and may never know the lasting impact being made. However it is wonderful when God gives you a glimpse! A glimpse came the other day..... We use a Christian based curriculum at the school and often bible stories are strewn through the various themes and activities for the kids.

Bridget, who teaches the older kids, was telling her class the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. At the end of the story the kids would all say together in chant style, "I am not alone. I have God the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and a guardian angel."

Day after day they recited the story and the culminating response; by Friday the kids were standing up by themselves sharing both. The word was planted, being watered and with one little guy it took root. We received reports that when Letabo, age 5, would go home to his shack community he would gather all the kids around and let them know he had something he had to share with them. Once he gathered a crowd of youngsters and curious adults guess what he shared....yep, the story of God's deliverance for 3 young men who trusted even in the face of death. The children returned to their shacks chanting, "I am not alone, I have God the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and a guardian angel."

I don't know what Letabo's future may hold, he may never become a preacher, however I do know for now the seeds of truth are impacting a little boy and his friends who reside in a desperate community. For that I am ever so grateful and encouraged....little by little a difference is being made!