Bill and Brenda Bennett
I wish you could have been with me last Thursday morning! I got to go to a before-school Bible club with Bill and Brenda Bennett. We had to leave shortly after 6:00 a.m. in order to be there for the forty-five or fifty elementary students who attended this Bible club meeting.
There was nothing fancy. The story was told with flannelgraph. There were no guitars and no special music. It was just Brenda up front singing and leading Bible club, as many of our missionaries do.
The students were from relatively poor homes. My mind goes to a particular young girl who had a terrible overbite. I think she was small for her age, and she obviously had some challenges, but I watched how the Bible club equalized everyone. Whether they were first graders or sixth graders, they all sat and listened to the story. They all sang the songs.
What amazed me about this morning was how simple it was. Sometimes we get too complex. Sometimes we get too hung up on all the stuff we need for ministry. But Bill and Brenda Bennett – like many of our missionaries – just quietly go about doing their job. I’m so proud of what God is doing and continues to do through people like Bill and Brenda.
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