Kids Say the Funniest Things

Joe and I are currently teaching 2nd and 3rd graders on Sunday Morning at South Fork and 1st and 2nd graders at Brewer Road. Brewer Road is a Hispanic sister congregation in Winston Salem. The parents of the children want their Sunday School classes taught in English so several members at South Fork go to Brewer Road every Sunday morning and teach their classes for the children. Joe & I have only been involved in this for a few weeks but we are really enjoying it and have fallen in love with the kids!

This morning, part of our lesson was about Moses and his mother putting him in a basket in the Nile River. Today was my turn to teach the lesson. I was really trying to emphasize key words and names for them to remember.

Kids say the funniest things.....

at South Fork, I had them repeat Moses' parents names - Amram and Jochebed! One student volunteered that AMRAM sounded like Graham, the name of one of his classmates at school. Then went on to explain that most kids called Graham, Graham Cracker and others even went further and called him Gramps BUT our student had called him Graham Cracker too but now he had made friends with him and he didn't call him that anymore. These stories and thoughts just come tumbling out......

At Brewer Road - - They had NO problem with Amram. But somehow to them Jochebed sounded like Taco Bell so every time I asked what the mother's name was, they would say Taco Bell. Then when we got to the part about the baby's name being MOSES, one said, Oh, I know that name......and it's a really good restaurant too. I said, what's a good restaurant.....he said "MOSES". I never figured that one out until this evening and Joe and I passed a MOE'S Southwestern Grill.......then I realized that is the MOSES restaurant he was talking about.

Do you think our kids were hungry this morning or what?????