Teaching missionaries' kids in Niamey

Mary and Lucille Lowes had the opportunity to babysit the children from the missionaries' families at the Spiritual Life Conference in Niamey. We admired the insight of the 0 - 3 year olds about the life in Niger and their knowledge about the Bible lessons. We had a lot of fun playing with the cars and trucks and reading many story books. We were greatly blessed by God to allow us to get to know Sally, a native of Niamey. She was a real inspiration to all of us!

Isaac and Marvin team-taught the grades 4 to 6 class of 16 students during the week of the Spiritual Life Conference. We taught the three themes of Compassion, Gratefulness and Forgiveness, teaching via Bible Stories, crafts, real life stories and sharing. It was a good learning and sharing experience for us, as well as for the students, and the responses indicated that they understood the concepts and were eager for more, as when a student asked me, " Could we have another story today?" They enjoyed crafts, when they worked more in small groups at tables at the back of the classroom. (Each day we had to wipe dust off the tables and chairs - so much fine sand blowing around each day!)

We thank God for each person who prayed for us and supported the team in Niger.

- Mary