What would You Choose?

Sometimes a topic really jumps out at the children and the catechists will see a flurry of new and intense work. This last week in Level III was like that. We are about 6 weeks into a Moses study, and in the last couple of weeks, we've seen 3-dimensional representations of the comparison between Egyptian and Hebrew life after the Exodus, lots and lots of interviewing with interesting questions, and some of the kids even got together "after hours" to work on their project. I promised I would print this here.

Hebrew Times

by Madeleine D, Lydia S, Peyton L

We interviewed several people (Jamie C., Bethany D., Mary T., Genny L.) about Hebrew Times and what they would do if they were in place of a Hebrew slave. Most people wanted to follow God, but admitted they would complain they were travelling for forty years with nothing to eat except manna (which is translated to mean “whatch-a-ma-call-it”) and birds [quail].

When Question #2 asked: If you were a Hebrew slave who had just been freed, would you grumble and complain? Mary T. answered, “Probably not at the beginning, but if I were wandering in the desert for forty years, yes.”

We were also curious of what people would think of Moses. Jamie C. answered, “I would think he’s crazy,” and Bethany D. said, ”At the beginning I’d like him, but in the middle not really.”

So what about you? Would you rather have a large spacious many-roomed house with servants and worship many gods (which are hunks of rock) or live in a cramped tent have a hard life and worship the one true god (not a hunk of rock)? Which would you choose? It’s up to you to find out.

Egyptian                         Hebrew
Good house                    Cramped tent
Fertile land                     Desert land
Servants                         No servants
Worship many Gods     Worship one true God

Chose Egyptians         Chose Hebrew
Read Exodus 7-10        Read Exodus 12-15