Highlights from the week ;)

Hey friends!  It has been a good week here at Cornerstone.  Here are some of the challenging, fun and interesting stories from this week:

o   Last Sunday, I was teaching the children’s class at church and we were looking at the Battle of Jericho and the wall falling down.  Two things happened during the class: I had the kids doing tower-building competitions with plastic communion cups and my interpreter left to go and teach the youngest children (babies-age 3).  I was left with 60 kids, 184 cups, and 45 minutes to teach a skill I soon realized nobody had ever learned (except for me).  Note for next time: first show how to stack cups to build a tower, and try to find a smooth surface (our floor is made of chipped cement, and so most of the towers that the kids were able to make fell over after a few seconds).  Well, one lesson learned…

o   Moses is scared of other white people: On Tuesday, Pastor Rogers, my mom and I took Moses to see a physiotherapist in Mbale.  We got to ride in a car for the 30-minute drive and all of that was very exciting for him.  However, upon reaching the doctor’s office, Moses saw his doctor for the first time and started screaming.  He didn’t calm down until after I took him outside, and even when we came back in, he cried every time she even tried to touch him.  I never knew bazungu (white people) were so scary!

o   A while back I had written about trying to teach the kids about being good sports when playing games.  I have continued to remind them not to have a “bad attitude” but have been wondering if they really picked up on the message.  But this week I have decided: They were really listening!  I went in to say goodnight and pray for one of the rooms of boys on Thursday and I chose to start with Dovico.  As I sat down next to him on the bed, I heard Johnson say, “But Tr. Abby, you always start with Dovico!” (a fact which I can definitively say, is not true, but that’s beside the point).    Ronald, the oldest boy in the room, immediately looked at Johnson and said, “Johnson, stop!  You’re doing ‘bad attitude!’”  They really got the lesson.  Victory is sweet.

Well, there’s a bit of my life this week.  Thank you for the thoughts, prayers, financial support- I appreciate what all of you do so that these kids continue to have a great home and I get to be here with them.  And as always, I would love to hear from you!