Passover

Since the beginning of the year, we as a church have been studying the life of Moses. Since many people in the church are fairly new Christians, they lack what so many of us take for granted: years and years of Sunday school lessons on the Old Testament. It's actually been a really neat study and everyone really seems to be excited about it.
This past Sunday, we were scheduled to talk about the last plague and the Passover. Well, Ann had the excellent idea (she might have stolen it from somewhere, but she very well could have come up with it on her own; she's just that smart!) to do a Passover feast on Sunday morning and talk about all the different aspects of what the Lord set out for the Jews to remember every year. Since we like to mix things up every now and again, we all thought this would really be neat. So, Sunday morning, everyone arrived to tables set up with chairs around them and a plate in the middle of each table with the unleavened bread, bitter herbs, and the other elements of a traditional Seder meal. We started out with our normal praise time and Sam and Ann described the different aspects of this feast and specifically how so much of it pointed to Jesus. It was a really neat time and seemed to hit home to people in a special way.
We've learned in our short time in Mexico that many mexicans are visual and tactile learners. Often, church is set up mainly for auditory learners, but there are many people who don't learn that way. They want to see things put into action. They want to touch, to feel, to understand how this affects their daily lives. I really think that is one of the amazing things about God. He is a God of all senses. For the visual, he gives the Bible. For the auditory learner, he speaks through others or gently whispers. For the tactile, he has hands-on learning activities, like the Passover feast. He meets us where we are. More than that, he would never let a different learning style get in the way of his touching hearts. Do we do that sometimes? Do we think people have to learn in the same way we learned or they didn't learn it right? Just a thought. Feel free to comment on it!
I apologize for the lack of pictures with this post. I didn't have my camera with me on Sunday. Next time na lang, as they say in the Philippines!
God Bless!
Sara