The Kids Are Alright

Hi guys, I hope this blog finds you all well.

I have just completed the ultimate soul-softening intensive training camp this week - teaching little primary school kids, in particular co-leading the 'Games' session every day. I'd handled kids before when I worked at Kumon a few years back but to take care of these kids almost full-time has really reminded me of how sweet life can really be.

Even though I'm exhausted from maintaining order and preparing activities for about 40 kids, it's been well worthwhile because they are so unbelievably cute it hurts! And yes, I do have favourites! Haha it's not good but I can't help it! To interact with them has been nothing short of a gift, their unadulterated minds fuelling them into action to both seek and give affection and it really makes me wonder where it all goes wrong. Depraved images haunt me that one day these kids may grow up to be mean-spirited and downright corrupt as a result of being hurt or worse, never really knowing Jesus and having a relationship with God. So much so that I desperately want to see them come to either Youth Group or Sunday School regularly so that there's always a support network for them when they fall.

Hanging around children, so happy, playful, carefree and innocent has given me profound inspiration and humility to forget all the evil things that have been instilled into my character over the years and reminded me of happy times when my biggest worry was colouring outside of the lines. It's amazing how much morally one can learn from the little ones, to let pass annoyances like water under a bridge - "No ball? That's okay I'll play tiggy with the other kids!" All in all, this week has given me the opportunity to socialise with these special people devoid of evil and brimming with love and has thus made for one of the most fulfilling weeks I've had in years. God bless all children.