Praise be to God!
I just got back from a very fruitful ministry trip to Jinja and Kaliro in Uganda. Pastor Grace Rwothumio and I put on KidZ at Heart trainings in areas outside of Kampala for the first time. We worked closely with Asaph Isabirye Servant, founder of Jesus for the Little Children and our KidZ coordinator in Jinja. With his help and many others we were able to train close to 200 children's workers!! In the town of Jinja (where the Source of the Nile River is) we had 68 in attendance at Jinja Christian Centre and in the village of Kaliro (1 1/2 hours north of Jinja) we had 117 in attendance at Kaliro Discipleship Centre. Many of these children's workers have never been given the opportunity to attend a training. What I can say is that they were truly thankful and so eager to learn! During the 2-day training in both locations the participants were taught How Children L.E.A.R.N. Best, the 8 Wonderful Ways that Children Learn Best, 11 storytelling techniques of Bringing the Bible to Life, and concluded the trainings with the participants creating a Bible lesson based on the Christmas story and then presenting and evaluating them. Those in attendance for the full training were also given certificates at the conclusion of the workshops. I'm very blessed to see such success with these trainings. Lots of hard work went into the planning and preparation of bringing KidZ at Heart training outside of Kampala to other areas of Uganda. And this is only the beginning. I know over the next year I will be traveling all over Uganda to do more KidZ trainings as well as returning to Jinja and Kaliro.
Here are a few testimonies from the recent trainings in Jinja and Kaliro:
“We’ve had a lot of testimonies both in Jinja and Kaliro, what a wonderful training!! The people loved the KidZ training yet in Jinja many have undergone several trainings from other organizations before. They loved the L.E.A.R.N. method and many are applying it both at church and at school where they teach. Thanks for keeping your promise and bringing trainings to these areas. You may not know how many have had a chance of teachings through your efforts yet they have been struggling with what to do to help their children. We are so thankful and appreciative!!”
- Asaph Isabirye Servant
A participant from the Jinja training, Nakabugo Proscovia from Deliverance Church Bugembe, says "I loved and clearly understood the L.E.A.R.N. concept. This is helping me even in class at a primary school where I teach and I will also be applying it to my kids at church. I extend my thanks to Shannon and Grace together with the KidZ team. I ask that they please come back next time because I appreciate the good work done."
A participant from the Kaliro
training, Ketty Namukose, says “The most beneficial part of the KidZ training
was learning the art of storytelling to children. I plan to change my way of
teaching to children in the future and incorporate techniques such as drama and
the L.E.A.R.N. concepts.”
Thank you to my prayer and financial partners who are helping me to stay in Africa and do the ministry work God has called me to do. Please know that you are truly impacting so many lives! And the lives of the children will be forever changed!
God Bless,
Shannon
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