Well after having waited so long for Penny’s write-up on the week she took the story of the prodigal son I’ve decided I can’t hold the train up any longer. Knowing Penny I’m sure the boys learned the story inside out and Carl please will you suggest to her she buys you an extra bar of galaxy as a forfeit for not sending in her blog entry!!!

So to carry on we come to the week Penny Bell and I took it together which was a real delight. We took the story of Abraham’s servant finding a bride for Isaac as we had gone through this story the evening before at Saturday club so Joannie was able to give a good telling of the story from the flannel graph. The boys prayed and sang beautifully for Penny’s first time at Little Learners and I was really touched to see how much they have learned since we began. Especially precious was when Ethan said thankyou to God for “my Jesus.” Penny told the story beautifully using a children’s bible…we have so much to learn from the experience of others. We then had great fun dipping a beaker (water pot) into the well (large jug filled with water) and pouring it into the drinking trough (washing up bowl) using a playmobil Rebekah and a toy camel. It was thought provoking to hear Ethan’s comment of how throughout all her work he hoped someone gave Rebekah a drink! Penny did a craft with them to end the lesson even though we went way over time!

Pauline took a session on how Jesus is the Good Shepherd. If we go away from Him, He will come to look for us, because He loves us. After hearing the parable, the children found the lost sheep, hidden in a shoe box, and spent some time drawing and colouring a picture of a sheep. Joannie was more than happy to help out, followed quickly by Lydie with her broken leg!

Last week Elaine had a lovely true story to tell of Miranda having problems in the snow and how she needed to call on Jesus to help her. The boys produced a beautiful poster of which they were very proud, and rightly so, and had taken in the main lesson of how whenever we are worried we can call on Jesus and how He will not fail us. They sang "give me oil in my lamp" with an adapted verse of "give us petrol in our car, keep us driving" and Hadley remembered part of the song to tell Mummy…(who hasn’t sent in her blog entry)…..