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KILALO
The game kilalo is played mostly in

eastern DRC at school during break time. self-centered
Kilalo means “bridge” in Swahili. Swahili is a Attitude

language spoken in eastern DRC, Kenya,
Burundi, and Tanzania. Mira Meefirst:

I know we’re supposed to read
The children stand in two lines across from
our Bibles and pray every day.
each other. As they face each other, every child But I just don’t have time.

puts his/her hands on the shoulders of the I have too many other things
child he/she is facing. This makes the bridge. that I want to do.

The first two children of each line pass under
the bridge while the others sing, “Maji ya Mto OR

inapita chini ya kilalo, tutacheza leo mchezo ya
kilalo.” This is Swahili for “The water flows
Outreach Otto:
under the bridge; today we play the bridge
game.” When the two children get to the end of I understand that you
have a lot to do, Mira.
the bridge, they get back in line facing each But God really wants
other with their hands on each other’s shoul- to spend time with

ders. The next two children at the other end you. Set aside time
with him each day,
then go under the bridge. This continues over
and all the other
and over until the children get tired. things will fall into
place!

oops!
Christ-centered
It can take a little time to adjust to the foods in a different
culture. Missionary Bill, who was invited to share a meal with a
family in Kinshasa, DRC, quickly discovered this! Gratitude
In Kinshasa, people use red hot chili on their food. The
chili is processed until it looks like tomato sauce
and it is served in a bowl like gravy. Max is on the move again!

As the others were serving themselves, Bill, Can you guess where Max
will travel next?
thinking the red chili was gravy, put a large
helping of it on his rice. No one noticed
Here are some clues:
because they were chatting. When Bill ate
his first bite, it was like he had eaten fire! • Leaf-shaped island on the
He began sweating and drank a lot of tropic of Cancer.
water, but it didn’t help. • People speak Mandarin.
The people around the table didn’t understand • Rice and soy products are eaten.
what was wrong until they looked at his plate
and saw the large amount of red chili on his rice. • Many gods worshipped including
the god of money.

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