Canaan often sings songs during the day, and more often than not, he is singing in Russian. He picks up on the songs from our Sundays with the church; we have two worship times: one in English and another in Russian. This is where he learns the church songs. His favorite children's song at the moment is This Little Light of Mine, his favorite church song in English is still King of Kings (that is what he calls the song We Will Glorify), and his favorite song to sing in Russian is Blogaslavityea Gospoda, which has no English equivalent that I know of.
During our times with the church, Canaan is so good about sitting and singing when we sing, and praying when we pray. We let him read his children's Bible or other books during the sermon, but he must sit still and be quiet. He usually does a great job of this and is a great example for his little brother Max, who is just now having to learn how to be quiet and sit still. Not only is it a great time for them to learn how to sing and pray, but they are also learning how to control themselves and keep quiet, a skill that they will need all their life!
Of course, Canaan's favorite part of Sunday time is Bible Class. He and Malachi and Silas all jump up after the final prayer and exclaim, "It is time for Bible Class!!!" They love singing kids songs, listening to the story, and doing their craft.
2 comments:
so cute! it sounds like he has just made up his own jibberish words to my russian lacking mind :) it is so cool that he is picking it up at church.
our church has children's class and our worship service simultaneously. sometimes it is a releif, especially with a one year old. when we visit my brother and sister-in-law we go to GreenLawn with them and Jenna does great (now, not so much in the past). i think eli would be fine with the quiet part, he is a quiet little guy anyhow, but sitting still?? anyway, all that to say i admire mom's who have perfectly well behaved children who can sit still and quiet.
Oh my goodness! This is so cute! Adorable.
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