We are half way through February and thankful and have just been on study tours with most of our children.
The little ones 4-6 year olds went on van-garis (flat-bed rickshaws) to the bus terminal and our potters colony in Parbatipur.
The middle group went to Kantoji Mondir, the Rajbari and Ramshagar in or near Dinajpur.
Grade 6 to 8 saw a Sugar Mill and a church near the site where William Carey first landed when he came to this part of what was then India.
The children had a great time; I am thankful for a good teaching activity planned by one of the teachers in my group, for protection when a construction project on the otherwise safe walk saw our 52 children walk right past a 7 meter (20-foot) hole in the ground and for having all the children return safely to LAMB.
On the bus, one of our younger students wanted me to repeatedly sing a certain song for him; he said it was his favourite. The words are complicated if you are eight years old and English is your second language, but the tune is catchy and the last two lines are easy to sing.
After having sung the verse for him a couple of times, he said, 'Uncle, what does it mean?'
Please pray that all our students will know that God is our Father because He has adopted us into His family.
We give thanks for more visas for teachers, do continue to pray for the remaining three at the school, and for a couple for other LAMB staff.
The little ones 4-6 year olds went on van-garis (flat-bed rickshaws) to the bus terminal and our potters colony in Parbatipur.
The middle group went to Kantoji Mondir, the Rajbari and Ramshagar in or near Dinajpur.
The children had a great time; I am thankful for a good teaching activity planned by one of the teachers in my group, for protection when a construction project on the otherwise safe walk saw our 52 children walk right past a 7 meter (20-foot) hole in the ground and for having all the children return safely to LAMB.
On the bus, one of our younger students wanted me to repeatedly sing a certain song for him; he said it was his favourite. The words are complicated if you are eight years old and English is your second language, but the tune is catchy and the last two lines are easy to sing.
Father God I Wonder how I managed
to exist without the knowledge
of Your parenthood and Your loving care
Now I am Your son, I am adopted in Your family
and I will never be alone
'cause Father God You're there beside me
I will sing Your praises
I will sing Your praises for evermore
After having sung the verse for him a couple of times, he said, 'Uncle, what does it mean?'
Please pray that all our students will know that God is our Father because He has adopted us into His family.
We give thanks for more visas for teachers, do continue to pray for the remaining three at the school, and for a couple for other LAMB staff.
