IGNITE Class 14 Intern, Emily, from Calvary Chapel West Side in New York shares about a young boy, Dalton, who has blessed her during her five months while serving in Uganda!
A child after God’s Word, Dalton, is a 6-year-old boy that I have had an opportunity to teach these past six months here in Uganda. The joy that his smile brings all the teachers when he does something silly or achieves a goal has been some of the sweetest moments for me. Dalton lives with both his mother and father. He shares his one-room household with his two older brothers and younger sister. Dalton is very quiet but full of knowledge for his age, he is always looking onto the old kids in class and around the playground. He watches the way the older kids interact with each other and their walk with the Lord, looking into ways to improve and do better. His goal is to be able to share the Word of God to the people he loves and to know everything about the Bible.
Daltons mother has been struggling with many sicknesses for three years now, he doesn’t share much about her because of how ill she is all the time. He did share about how much she does try to be with him in his day to day life, but even Dalton at such a young age seeks to understand why she isn’t able to. His older brothers take care of him and his younger sister most of the time. It is his willingness to be driven by the Holy Spirit along with his little legs that get him to Kids Club every Saturday. PFK Uganda has been such a blessing to him and an outlet that allows him to grow further in learning more about how much Christ loves His children. He has shared a lot about how the meals at Kids Club are the biggest and “the best” meals, and at most points the only meal he will receive all weekend.
Dalton is a proud and faithful attendee of Potter’s Field Kids CLub and loves the environment with the teachers and kids that also attend. He has greatly enjoyed the Bible stories and the way the “funny teachers” act them out. Even though his time coming has only been a few months he has learned many Bible verses which he has been able to memorize and apply to his life. He said he still has his very first prize from memorizing Psalms 139:1 “Oh Lord you have searched me and know me.” Dalton says he keeps his little rubber rabbit next to his favorite feather and every morning remembers how his Father in heaven is with him. He shared how he has never ridden in a car before, so he has walked far for many things, but the Saturday Kids Club would be the one place he would gladly walk the farthest on any given day. Dalton even in class has voluntarily come up beside me and brought the rest of the kids into prayer before ending class. He has been able to learn many new games, meet many sweet people at Kids Club and counts them all as his friends.
The way the Lord has blessed me with knowing this full-hearted young man of God is just another reason why I know the Lord’s hand is entirely over this place, that I now call home!
