Hora Feliz

Just to firstly explain that an hora feliz is literally translated happy hour, it is a childrens meeting that can take place anywhere. But usually it is either held in someones house or on a football court and sometimes in a church. Happy hour is not like it is in the UK there is no alcohol involved just in case people think that we are selling alcohol to minors.

This morning I was invited to go to Charlie and Tammi Thorsens hora feliz. The Thorsens are SIM Missionaries and they both teach at CCS (Carachipampa Christian School). On saturday mornings from 10am to about 12pm they open up their house for kids to come and play with the many toys and games that they have and then the have bible teaching for about an hour. One thing that I learnt from this hora feliz was preperation, they did alot of it and I could see that the club ran so well because of this. The kids were always interested in what was being said and it didnt seem like they were bored in any way shape or form. We taught them a song about God being all powerful, all the way through the story of the Israelites in the wilderness and God providing manna. Tammi was able to weave in the song about God being all powerful. I think that it was great that it was done this way because the children really take it in and remember it for later.

After the children had been coming for 3 weeks they are given a bible, I was really amazed to see the children coming to the club with their bibles in hand. esspecially when they had stopped the club for about 2 months because of the holidays. They had 42 children in their house this morning. It is a great ministry to these children that live in their area. It is also great to see missionaries opening their homes to the people that are living around them, it really shows that they are here for the people and not keeping themselves to themselves. I really hope that God really blesses their ministry because they are doing such a great job and really put alot of effort into what they do.