With the
youth group, we have been discussing the truth and value of the Bible as the
Word of God and way to life.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Bible Trivia Match with youth
"Carnaval" in Tlaxcala
Tlaxcala
celebrates its own “Carnaval”, the Mexican version of “Mardi Gras”. Each area of Mexico has its own traditions
for this festival, and Tlaxcala has a unique set of costumes, dances, and
traditions.
The Tlaxcala “Charros” dance on the street- wearing very expensive costumes of ostrich-feather hats, hand-sewn sequin capes, identical carved masks, and colorful whips. Their traditional dance actually involves whipping each other on the legs! The whips make a tremendous sound, are definitely painful, and are even dangerous for the surrounding crowd who might get too close! The idea seems very strange to me as a foreigner, but is a beloved tradition here. Even children dress as “charros”! Besides the charros, others dress as animals, cowboys, or sequined-dancers for a large parade in the streets, while local musicians provide music on the side.
crowds of
people living for the flesh- spending days drinking/drunk in the streets,
fights, expensive purchasing, etc. all under the farce of a “religious” holiday
before starting Lent.
Kids' Outing!
Paco and I
took my Sunday School class out on a special outing- as an opportunity to
further shine the love of Christ into their lives. The event was a huge blessing for the kids,
and for us!
Quite a few
of the children in our group come from poverty and unhealthy family
situations. During the outing, one of
the boys even tried to steal Paco’s cell phone (probably something he has seen
his parents do). However, they all
responded to our love
for them, each vying to take our hands or sit beside
us.
The Lord
gave Paco and I strength with so many kids (even after losing one for a few
minutes, being covered in vomit, urine, and drool by the end of the evening,
and set-backs like the boring show and
closed highways coming home). May the Lord continue to reveal Himself to
these children!!
Conference: Technology and Children
A group from
our church attended a conference (for parents and Sunday School teachers) on
children and technology, hosted by a large children’s ministry in
Argentina.
Today,
children switch “screens” all day long: from the TV screen, to computer screen,
to video game screen, to cell phone screen… our children are a
technology-generation. The conference
opened Mexican parents’ and teachers’ eyes to the abundant access to and
effects
of technology on children.
The speaker
provided tips on how to monitor children’s access to technology, so that it
would benefit, and not harm children by distracting them from the truth of God
and His
path of life.
I was
surprised to see how many Mexican adults at the conference are not
technologically-savvy. The other ladies
from our church who attended do not know how to even turn on a computer, much
less know of “Facebook”. I hope that
this conference prompts Christian parents/teachers to invest more time in learning
the benefits of technology and monitoring their children in its use.
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