School, Snakes, and more!

Greetings Faithful Choir Blog Followers!

Today has been a good day. We left out this morning from our last church host to go to a Christian School, and arrived with only a short commute. We were given a tour of the school and got to interact with some of the students in their classes.

One in the choir certainly had a “special” experience with this tour. As we entered one class, I could hear someone say that the class had a live snake in a glass terrarium. The teacher offered to let the choir children hold it, and one brave soul took him up on the offer. This boy even took it a step further, wanting to pick the snake up out of its glass home. I stood there watching him tear out the added environment (which were sticks and a big rock) in order to catch the slithering serpent, and then bring it out. He probably enjoyed it a little too much, as he tried to use it to scare some of his nearby friends. But no harm done, and one other boy also stepped up to touch it.

After the tour of the school, the choir found some time to do schoolwork before lunch, when we were given the opportunity to have lunch with the fifth and sixth graders from the school. It was certainly wonderful seeing these children being so inclusive of the choir, at times frantically flagging them over to a table to sit. There was one instance in particular that sticks out in my mind that happened when one choir member was wondering around with her food. One of the girls from the school motioned her over to sit between herself and another girl already seated, and in a space that was more of a close quarters that you'd see friends using. This is just an example of how sometimes kids “get it” in regards to the Kingdom of God. These young girls were welcoming a sister in the Lord and showing love to her just by willingly and eagerly befriending her. We are certainly blessed to see this frequently with families hosting us, but it's especially great to see a group of school children excitedly welcome others—from across the world—into their space and lives, even if only for a lunch period.

-Seth