sunday school, week three.

key lessons learned from week three:

• if you know me, you know that i burp like a grown man. [it's not something i'm ashamed of, because in the 6th grade, i suffered from acid reflux. my doctor told me not to hold in burps. i don't remember the reason why he told me to let 'em out, but i took the advice because that was a miserable time in my life. (i had an AR attack in the middle of history class one time. i was gasping and all the kids were looking at me like i was some foreign creature they'd never seen before. needless to say, i was all for trying whatever it took to relieve my AR.)] i was waiting for the boys to get seated when i let out a burp. i heard one of them say, "she burped. that. was. cool." oops. did i do thaaaaat? the boys proceeded to grab their drinks and let me hear their burps. thankfully, they got distracted and forgot to finish their burping contest. 

• let the kids silently role play the bible story while you tell it. they reeeeally get into it. when it came time to discuss the story, i was surprised to see just how much of the story they remembered and knew. thank you, Jesus.

• the prayers of children are so honest and to-the-point. no fancy-schmancy words; no eloquent speech. just direct and beautiful.

this week, the kids learned about saul's conversion.

all i could think about while studying and teaching this lesson is a lyric from a toby mac song:

"since i got that call, no more saul; now i'm paul."

saul did all he could to imprison believers, but by the end of the story, saul becomes a believer himself.

the memory verse fits perfectly with the story of saul's conversion:

"therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 corinthians 5:17.

the kids deciphered their memory verse using a code.

 it was the quietest two minutes i've ever seen those boys!

as i was cleaning up, i noticed another prayer request had been added to the board.

"megen in honderes".

it is the sweetest thing.

meagan: we love ya and are praying for ya!

it's funny to me:

i am teaching these kids, but they are also teaching me.

i am humbled.