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HOLIDAY BIBLE SCHOOL

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Sunday was the final day of our first Holiday Bible School, the equivalent to the American Vacation Bible School.  We have had a GREAT time and are so thankful for Tom and Cris Geer's leadership and training. First Stop: Registration One of the challenges we had was children not knowing their age.  Birthdays aren't important here, so the children would often guess.  An obvious six or seven year old would say they were two.  A boy would tell us that his brother was six (the required age for attendance) when it was obvious the brother was no more than three. I could be found at the registration table all day long Another challenge was that because the children were unsure of their age, one day they would tell us they were six, and the next day they would tell us they were seven. This was a little confusing in knowing what class to send them to and what age to mark them as. Stanley, Esther & Savannah Because Savannah was below the age requirement, she just hu