I am excited to announce that my 2-year-old attends his own Bible Study class! I attend Bible Study Fellowship on Thursday mornings. It is a wonderful, indepth, international (classes meeting all around the world studying the same Scripture passages) Bible Study which just happens to have a Children's Program for kids age 2-5 (there is a program for school-age children at the evening classes). One of the rules is that the child must have his 2nd birthday before enrolling so Philip turned 2 on Jan. 22 and began Bible study that Thursday, Jan. 25.
I was hesitant as to how he would do, but he LOVES it! Praise the Lord, Philip just came through a separation-anxiety phase and now is pretty content to play with new toys and kids. God also worked this out perfectly at BSF by allowing me to be an usher this year. The study starts at 9:10am, but I am required to arrive around 8:30am to help set up. This allows Philip 20 minutes to mill around the sanctuary before it's time to walk him to his classroom. This also means he is one of the first (if not the first) children to arrive. A lot of his apprehension came from us dropping him off at the last minute to a room of noisy kids. He does much better arriving to an empty room full of toys thinking they are all there just for him.
Lastly, I am so excited for him to be in this Bible Study as he is learning both spiritual truths and also how to work well on a structured schedule. BSF is quite structured (Matthew says "communist" in regard to the amount of rules and regulations!) but everything has a reason. The children's program is far from a babysitter in that these children are learning Bible stories (the Bible is passed around and each child places a finger on the Bible verse while the teacher helps him or her recite it--these are 2-year-old!) and even singing hymns! There is also inside and outside play time, snack time, quiet time (each child lays flat on a towel on the floor for 2-3 minutes), and music time. I believe if Philip continues in this program until he is 5, he will be surely ready to encounter the trials of public school from both the worldly aspects to the classroom structure.
We're excited to know his friend Emma will begin attending next week! Maybe spending time in Bible study together, those two will grow closer as friends as they are under an arranged marriage contract. (Just kidding, JEB!)
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Hey Kim! I am so excited about Emma joining Philip next week. It seems like yesterday that we were hugely pregnant with those kids in our BSF small group...and now look! Sorry I couldn't talk longer this evening--I was literally halfway out the door on my way to a meeting at work before my shift began. Glad to know Philip found his surprise!
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