King's Kids

Two years ago my parents started a program at our church for the younger kids there. The program they started is called King’s Kids. It is a program that helps kids learn Bible verses and gives them goal to reach and prizes such as ribbons and trophies to earn. They teach primarily first graders through sixth graders, although the program can be used for age groups through high-school. When they started it I was still in high-school and didn’t want to help them with the program yet. I had said that maybe after I graduated then I would consider helping.

Time went on and the winter before I graduated I decided that I wanted to start getting more involved in my church. So I went to my parents and asked if I could start helping on Wednesday nights in their class. Of course they were happy to say yes. I started out just sitting upstairs in the class room and watching what went on. The kids loved my dad, as well as the young man that was up there helping. They seemed to just crave the love and attention they were given. My younger sister was helping upstairs in King’s Kids, but after a short while of me being up there she relinquished her position to me.

I fell in love with the kids that were up there. They are encouraging and frustrating all at the same time. Some of them make me glad to be there each week and laugh at every joke or help out when there is something to be done. Other children make me feel like I’ll never go back. They cause problems in every situation. How on earth can one child make me feel like losing my mind? But then when Sunday rolls around and the kids come and find me to say hi, or give me a hug it makes it all worthwhile. Giving them just a little bit of encouragement or saying hi with a smile and asking how they are doing goes a whole lot farther than I thought possible.

I now have made friends with just about all of the kids in our class and I wouldn’t trade being up there for anything. The experience of working with children has encouraged me. They push me to be a better person, because they look up to me. I don’t want to be another person in their lives that just lets them down. I want to be the one that they know will still be faithful even when no one else is.