Quiz Bang!

Another great week-end gone by; Saturday morning we had a Bible Quiz meet at out church with several other churches. It was great to see kids of all ages quoting God’s word. My two boys are on a quiz team with other kindergarten thru 2^nd graders, and they did wonderful! My oldest received two perfect quiz out’s and one imperfect out of the four quizzes they did. A perfect quiz out is where they answer five correct questions with no errors, and imperfect is with errors. It took him most of last year to get one perfect quiz out, Good Job Cardin! My youngest son, in kindergarten, answered several correct. This is excellent since it was his first time quizzing. Last year we had most of the kids on the verge of tears the first quiz. It can be quite nerve-wracking, your palms are sweaty, your heart is pounding answers and questions are running thru your head, and that’s just the parents! Good Job Reece!

We also went out to sell Cub Scout/Trails end popcorn. The boys sold about $400 worth of popcorn in just a couple of hours! I had them go to the door and give their spiel and then I would step up to answer the tough questions. It was a good experience; they even had a few rejections. They are good little salesmen.

Last but no least church was very good. God never ceases to amaze me when he is so faithful to me in my teaching! He gives me just the right words to try to pull the class in and teach them about God. We have been talking about how when we accept Christ as the leader of our lives we don’t need to be a slave to sin anymore. We have all of God’s power within us to say no to sin and yes to God. The problem is that we still have a sin nature inside of us and an enemy, the Devil, who wants to convince us we are powerless! If you have Jesus in your heart you do not have to listen to the deceiver anymore! You are a child of God! It is pretty tough stuff for a thirty eight year old to grasp let alone a 5^th and 6^th grader, but I know God is good and he is doing great things in their hearts.

And then, BANG, the week-end was gone! Too fast!