A cup of tea... anyone?

Well.... hello! (as if anyone reads this!)

Anyway, I'm still with the kids' church. We had a new batch of prep kids come through this year. And, I don't know but every year when we get new prep kids and last year's Year 1 kids moved to the next room to Year 2, it feels weird. I kinda missed them. And today, I helped this new kid settle in kids church. Well, he doesn't have good English and only be able to converse in Chinese so Marcus put me to sit with him to explain the games and activities. And, again, the Chinese language has been an advantage to me! I cannot tell u how many times it has come into handy! :D

Well, this year, we are teaching the kids "The Ten Commandments" and more towards Respect. So, I was taking the prep girls and teaching them all about Respect. And last week, I set them the task of showing respect at home/school and I said I will asked them about it the following week. And I am amazed at what they tell me, how they helped out at home and school to show respect to their parents/teachers/an authoritative figure.

Teaching these kids about respect and giving them this task, I sort of set a task to myself to show respect, especially to my parents. Often when we grow older and more independent, we often forget to show the simplest command, which is respect our parents. And sometimes I admit, I just want to shut one ear or sulk or ignore my parents because I cbb or when I think I'm right or when my parents are being mean 'Asian Parents' or when I had a long day and the last thing I need is their nagging. But, this week, I try to be patient with them and think before I yell or groan. I try to show respect to them with the simplest thing like taking the trash out or clean the dishes or fix meal when mum works late or just sit together in the lounge and watch TV together.