After many wig and costume changes, countless laughs, several improvisional moments, 2 tubes of toothpaste, 1 ball, 1 hat, 1 fan, 1 toy saxophone, lots of shouting, hundreds of renditions of the same song and much prayer we have reached the end of our Book of Hope assembly programme. 

Over the last 8 months we have given out a total of 19,519 books in a total of 125 schools, meaning that we have shared the message of God with this many children and more.  You really get a great picture of just how many children we are reaching when you see stacks of books slowly going down and down!!

On Sunday 16th March we lead a children’s outreach service in the Vale Hotel, Cardiff.  As it was held on Palm Sunday our presentation was based around this theme. 

Using story telling, drama, singing and games, we looked at how we are all important to God, how He can clean us from the inside out and how He looks at our hearts.(1 Sam 16:7) Adults and children alike were told that Jesus loves every one of us and wants to use us to achieve great things for Him!

The Lord’s church is situated in the midst of the IT [information technology] corridor in Kallukttai, Perungudi, Madras, India. Though in the midst of such sophistication, this area is deprived of basic facilities like electricity and running water. Every evening this place submerges in to darkness while the power station is next door. When you walk through the main street above which the high tension wires pass through from the power station, you can hear the electricity pass through.

As the humidity fades in to the evening and the Mosquitoes come up to have their feed, that’s when the education centre starts at Pallavan Nagar.

Mosquitoes as big as a house fly invite the children to the education centre in the evening. Moses & Vinoth who are the teachers take care of the young lads. Adhilakshmi and Barani take care of the girls.

My first week as schools team leader has been full of fun!  With only two of us in the team at the moment it means some very quick costume changes are in order especially when I have to play 5 parts in one short sketch!