On Sunday we had a Kids' Club for the kids in Roseti. Basically like a VBS, but this time it was just for one day. Sunday was also Children's Day here in Romania, so it was good timing to hold a kids' event.
What we did was we met the kids in the school yard and sang songs, played games, gave a Bible teaching, made a craft, and since it was Children's Day we gave them all some cake.
It was a good experience for me because I could see God working to make this event come together smoothly in several ways. First the weather here has been very rainy lately and, as forecasted, Sunday afternoon it seemed like it was going to rain again. So Elisei marched around with the kids saying "we don't want rain, we want the sun to come out." The clouds went away within five minutes, it became very sunny and even quite hot for the whole time we were in Roseti and it didn't get cloudy again till after we left.
Another way God helped us is that the girl who was going to lead the music didn't feel well and almost didn't come, but no other musician could come instead so she decided to come afterall. As soon as we got to Roseti she felt well and was able to do really well. The kids were all glad to see her too because she's been gone at Bible school for quite some time, but she knows a lot of these kids and they know her.
Lastly, I could see God working for us is in how many kids came. We were expecting probably 50-70 kids, but for sure more than 110 came. We only had two cakes with us and not enough plates and forks, so we sliced it very thin but there was enough because at the end there were three extra pieces left over.
It was really a nice time and I understood at the end that it might seem like a just a few hours with no lasting impact, but seeing how God was preparing things for us so that we could do what we came to do showed me that He really values this and that this is an opportunity for kids to hear about God who rarely or never have the chance to hear. It's the planting of a seed, and God can bring fruit from this.
