Watching Movies with Children in Palalewa, East Sumba

Stube-HEMAT Sumba always motivates their activists to engage in activities giving benefit to their community or church where they live. Some of them are doing services for a children ministry, as Yuliana Takadjadji, fondly called Kak Bula, Yumi Takadjadji and Iriyani Elsi have done in Palalewa, East Sumba. This children's services are held every Sunday morning at Sunday-School Palalewa, on Jalan Adam Malik km 7, Waingapu, East Sumba.

Last September, during the visit of Trustha Rembaka S.Th, the coordinator of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta to Stube-HEMAT Sumba, the children ministry at Palalewa Sunday-School played movies for the kids and Sunday, September 22, 2013 became a special day for them. Placed in a Sumbanese traditional house, commonly used as a meeting place, on km 7 Adam Malik Road, they are watching movie together. Even though the preparation was in a quick time, the expected children to come was more than it was predicted before, 15 to 25 children, even their parents were also enjoy the program.

Yumi started the watching movie program by inviting the children to sing  'Let's rejoice’ song and delivered an opening prayer. Trustha Rembaka, as the movie operator, introduced the movie of 'The Story of Jesus for Children'. The children were so excited, and even after that, they asked to see another movie, and 'Jonah' was the next movie for them. Yuliana Takadjadji said, "If this film-show can be held regularly, the children will be more enthusiastic to attend the Sunday-school."  She hoped it and closed the event in a prayer.

Yumi Takadjadji, a student of GKS Theological Seminary in Lewa, East Sumba, who is also an activist of Stube-HEMAT Sumba, said that the activities of the children are not only in Sunday School, but there are some other activities, such as dance training, sport exercise and study groups. She admittted that these activities are usefull not only for the children but also for her as she can practice and develop her communication skills used to serve people and churches after graduating. (TRU)