Earlier in the week I was at Belgrave Primary School in Longton, SOT, talking with J1 & 2 (year3). Sharing a very large bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk provided an excellent illustration - the first child got 1/2 the bar & shared half with their friend who got 1/2 to share with the next who had a 1/4 to share etc... you get the idea. Eventually its so small that it cannot be shared so it ends with somebody having only 1 square of CDM :( THATS NOT FAIR they cried in unison. Life is not fair - but then who ever said it was.
The notion of fairness was not lost on them, is it fair that we have a smart brick school with carpets on the floor, more books that we can shake a stick at, comfortable chairs, everything we need to help our learning, interactive white boards (what ever happened to black boards & chalk) and a wardrobe full of clothes at home? Whilst in Uganda although they have very little they are incredibly proud of what they have. It was inspiring to see 60 young children realise how fortunate they are in comparison and eager to know what how they help make a difference for the children in Uganda; so I left them enthused and excitedly planning.
And it reminded me of how exciting it is to go out to Uganda and particularly what a joy it is to spend time in Lungujja. Now I am starting to long to see our dear friends, to catch up with everything and to meet the new children at Rock of Joy - the Baby class who will be sooooo excited to see us that they will jump up and down for joy.....
I cant wait :) Bring it on .......
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It'll be lovely to follow your progress and see how you get on. Trust it is a wonderful visit xx
Ah, how exciting!
It makes me sad how many children claim, 'It's not fair!' to actually mean, 'I wanted things to go the way I wanted and they didn't' rather than it actually being unfair. Maybe I need to do the chocolate demo with them!
Bring it on indeed! I´ll be with you every step along the way Sue. Hope it´s a productive and fantatsic trip.Please pass on my love to Steve, Gladdis and the kids. x
Thanks Sue. Will really look forward to hearing how things go. Please pass on my love t all at Lungujja - especially Pastor Steve and family, Stella, Benja and Rebecca, Joanne, Miriam, Florence and co. Tell them I think of them often and pray for them too. Hope Zanzibar is all sorted too!
Forwarded the Tim Highes song link to our eldest daughter Vicky and husband who are almost certainly going out to Ethiopia in September for 2 years.
God bless.
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