The Children

The children are always the most curious and the most accepting. And, if you have a camera in your hands, the most willing to pose for a picture. Here are two boys looking out the window in the wall that surrounds the church.



Apparently, a few years back some foreigners were taking pictures of the homes in a certain community they were visiting. Shortly thereafter the families were robbed. Thinking that there was a link between the photos and the robberies, it is illegal to take pictures of peoples homes. In fact, most of the time while walking down the streets a visitor is to keep their camera put away. However, we were allowed to walk down the streets in Kabiria from the church to the school. Life Changing Sanctuary Free Pentecostal Church supports two schools in their area. We were able to visit one of them.

Here are pictures of Pastor Emmanuel and Joyce's children. Nystrand is the baby at two years old followed by Larry (or Jo-Jo as his family calls him) at three years old. Then there is Tracy who is 8 and Finney who is 12. They are lovely children who are smart and playful. Tracy is shy and wants to be a doctor someday. Finney, like many twelve year olds, was able to help John figure out how to get his watch to quit chiming. I think it took Finney all of two minutes. In turn, John gave him the watch as a gift - afterall, he could figure out how to best use it! Larry was the entertainer. Everywhere, in almost every picture, we would see his head pop up. It was a riot! Nystrand seems to be a calm child who takes everything in. He watches and learns about his surroundings. We really enjoyed getting to know them.

Here in front of the church yard, John is posing with the children. Every day they would wait to say hello, to get a hand shake and to "high-five" John on our way back to our lodging. They were so excited to be acknowledged.