Saturday we went to Mahatthai where we put on a little program every Saturday called "Joy Kids". It is basically VBS condensed into a one hour segment. It was great to see all the kids come running down the streets to meet together in the little community house that New City Fellowship built for the "neighborhood" as we came driving up.
We started by singing songs; we started with Thai songs, and then taught the kids some English songs such as deep and wide, and another one with which I was not familiar. Then Keow, one of the Thai ladies from the church, led a story-time where she told the kids about Jesus calming the stormy waters.
For crafts the kids had a coloring activity where they drew things that they were afraid of, and then drew Jesus in a boat with them. It was so funny to see of what all these kids were afraid. Many of them depicted a large bird; Keow later told us they were afraid of eagles, which is odd considering there are no eagles in Thailand. Many kids were also afraid of spirits, which I suppose is to be expected in a culture that involves spirit worship.
Speaking of spirits, it has been so crazy to hear some of the stories of spiritual warfare in this country. I guess spiritual warfare is something I really haven't given serious thought back in the states, but it is very much real, and something Christians experience in these darker regions.
In C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters Lewis says something along the lines that "Satan's greatest lie is that he doesn't exist" and that is something that has really been resonating with me lately.
Satan isn't really a reality in the US, he is just a cartoon character in red tights with a pitchfork and a pointy tail. In reality, he is so much more, and he exists, and wants nothing more than to see Christians fall. How can we fight an enemy we don't even allow ourselves to see?
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