RUF Service Activity

For our RUF Service Activity we took a group to serve at the Kids' Club at Betel Church (where I have been before... see previous post). We did a skit to present a Bible story about Jacob (I was the angel as well as the sheep!), we played games, sang songs, prepared a light lunch, and did a craft. What fun it is to spend time with those PRECIOUS children!!!

Playing games. "Red light, Green light" was a big hit!

The RUF gang, plus a few!

Music!

Here I am as an angel

Here I am as a sheep!

Pasta with sour cream, pineapple, ham, and dinosaur shaped noodles

Craft time!

Lost Shoes

In about 75% of public buses there will be a baby or child's shoe tied by its shoelaces to the overhead handrail in the bus. There are thousands (probably millions) of people who use these buses daily and the likelihood of babies or children losing a shoe are pretty good. I have always thought it was super considerate of the bus drivers to hang the lost shoes up so that the next day when the bus riders are back on their daily bus ride they can see the shoe that their child lost the day before.

About a week ago I was on a bus with a friend and there was a really, really cute shoe tied to the rail. I said to my friend "How sad to lose such a cute shoe!". My friend looked at me and said, "That is not a lost shoe; it's a 'good luck' shoe."

Apparently, if a bus driver has children the will tie up one of their shoes in the bus for good luck. It only took me seven months to figure this one out!