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Kids Can Say and Do the Darndest Things in All Cultures

There was once a show with Art Linkletter called Kids Say the Darndest Things. In the show Linkletter would walk around and ask kids questions and react to their answers. It was light-hearted comedy at its best. I have found that kids SAY and DO the Darndest Things in all cultures.

Last Sunday I was at Ministerial Manatial de Vida and saw a little friend of mine. She always smiles when she sees me, but last Sunday she didn’t want to smile. I asked her what was wrong and she told me she lost a tooth. I talked with her about how we all lose our baby teeth and that it is normal. She asked me if I lost my baby teeth and I told her I did. I asked if she felt better and she said yes. I asked it she could smile and she shook her head no.

I have another little friend from Vietnam who is very excited about her birthday. In fact she is so excited that she invited me to her “surprise” birthday party. I don’t think she completely understands the concept of “surprise” yet. lol

Two young brothers from Congo used to ask if Alex from China was coming because he was strong and they wanted to be like him. I asked them why they thought he was strong and they told me because they saw a Jackie Chan movie.

Children can be a lot of fun to be with and can be full of joy. It does not matter which culture they are from or what their people group is. That is what makes it so sad that children suffer all around the world because of what “grown ups” do in life. There is no reason that any child in the world should experience hunger or die from starvation. One of the saddest stories I ever heard was from a woman from Iraq. When ever it thunders, she gets scared and shakes. That is because when she was a little girl her house was destroyed while she was in it during the Iraq/Iran War.

My hope is for the time to come when kids can be kids and not worry about things like famine, war, crime, or abuse. My prayer is for God to bring that day soon.

August 3, 2011 - Posted by internationalmatt | children, Cross Cultural, Cultural Ambassdors, Uncategorized, victims of crime and violence, world issues