Parables

Most of our days in Kilgoris were spent going to the different schools, greeting them, and doing various programing. I was involved in youth/teen ministry. So, each day, we gathered all the kids and told a parable, did a craft, played Kenyan games with them, and just hung out.

One thing that really stood out to me was how relevant the parables were to their culture. It's one thing to take about a shepherd going to get a lost sheep in Silicon valley. It's another to tell it to kids who actually are shepherds, all gathered on a green hillside with sheep wandering in the background. It makes so much more sense.

We told and acted out the stories of the lost sheep, coin, and son - which they thought was pretty funny. But, as designed, the stories also communicated the heart God has for lost people and for each person, and we were able to bond over that as well.

Here's a video taken of us telling and acting out the parable of the lost sheep.