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PENNY:
"Hi, Mr. C! How're you today?"
MR. CHRISTOPHER:
"Hello, Penny, I'm doing fine, thank you. Are you
ready to get to work?"
PENNY:
"Sure am! (Turns to desk and sees flower). Oh,
Mr. C! What a beautiful tulip! Thank you!"
MR. CHRISTOPHER:
" Well, Penny, I'd love to take credit for the
beautiful flower, but actually, Bob delivered it."
PENNY:
"Bob? (to computer) Oh, Bob-o. Where are you?"
SURFER BOB:
"Righty here, Miss Penny. How 'bout that beautimous
tulip? Ain't it purty? Almost as purty as me."
PENNY:
" Well, it sure is, Bob. Thank you so much. Where
did you get it?"
SURFER BOB:
"Well, now, Miss Penny. Me an' Christopher, we
want YOU to figure it out. It's a riddle -- Hee hee.
An' I betcha can't figure it out, neither. Even if I
said "windmills" an' "wooden shoes."
PENNY:
"Holland!"
MR. CHRISTOPHER:
"Well, Bob, you're certainly one for keeping secrets,
aren't you?"
SURFER BOB:
"Now, Christopher, don't you go gettin' all hot
in yer sneakers. I ain't said nothin' but "windmills"
and "wooden shoes." An' she didn't even get
it right."
PENNY:
"It's not Holland?"
SURFER BOB:
"Nope. Nada. Nein. Noooo!"
MR. CHRISTOPHER:
"Well, not precisely, anyway."
PENNY:
"OK, then, give me some more clues."
SURFER BOB:
(Munching on a hunk of cheese.) "Mmmmm. Cheese.
'Specially the GOOD kind."
MR. CHRISTOPHER:
"That's 'Gouda', Bob."
SURFER BOB:
"That's what I done said: Good!"
PENNY:
"OK, OK. I still don't know. A few more clues,
guys."
MR. CHRISTOPHER:
"Delft blue china."
PENNY: (narrows
her eyes.) "Hmmm. My Mom has Delft China, but I'm
sure it came from Holland."
SURFER BOB:
"Castles. So far I've counted 'bout 300 of 'em.
And bicycles. There're more bicycles than there are
people, which is a little bit weird-o since they got
a perfectly good ocean right there. Amigo, there should
be more surfboards!"
PENNY:
"Gee, guys, I'm stuck on this one. One more clue?"
MR. CHRISTOPHER:
"Refugees."
PENNY AND SURFER BOB:
"Refugees!?!"
PENNY:
"I give up! (to camera) Do YOU know where they're
talking about?"
MR. CHRISTOPHER:
"It's sort of been a trick question, Penny. You've
been right geographically, but Bob and I were looking
for a different name for Holland. Today it's called
"The Netherlands." And in The Netherlands,
there are more than 150 refugee camps. That's what we're
learning about today."
SURFER BOB:
"How 'bout we show all them KOMsters jest where
this nether land is at."
PENNY:
"Good idea, Bob."
PENNY: "Thanks
for finding that information, Bob. Now, Mr. C., just
what is a refugee?"
SURFER BOB:
"You know, Penorita, a refugee is that dude who
blows his whistle on the football field when those big
lugs get outta line."
MR. CHRISTOPHER:
"Bob, I do believe you're referring to a 'referee.'
But 'refugees' are people who flee their homeland for
fear of being persecuted or killed because of their
religion, race, politics or any number of other reasons.
There are some 27 million people in the world who are
in danger of persecution, and already about 15 million
of them are refugees."
PENNY:
"Oh yeah, I remember reading something about refugees
on the Internet. I think it said that most refugees
are women and children, but most of the refugees who
flee to Europe and North America are men."
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: "That's correct, Penny. It's
hard to imagine, but some estimates report that one
in every 115 people on Earth has been forced into being
a refugee."
PENNY: "Wow,
Mr. C. That IS hard to imagine, especially when we live
in such a peaceful country. Is there anything we can
do to help these refugees?"
MR. CHRISTOPHER:
"Well, Penny, some Southern Baptist missionaries
believe there is. Bob, can you find a story about how
the missionaries have joined God where He's at work
among refugees in The Netherlands?"
SURFER BOB: "Sure
can do, Christopher. One feature, comin' right up!"
PENNY:
"It's so sad to think about all the horrible things
that drove these refugees to leave their homes."
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: "It sure is, Penny. But think
of the joy in their hearts when they hear about Jesus
Christ for the very first time! And now they can share
the good news with other people from their homelands
who never have heard."
PENNY:
"Yeah, that's pretty cool alright! Even though
they're in the refugee camps for other reasons, the
missionaries help them stop and see the hope of Jesus
Christ."
SURFER
BOB: (blows whistle) "It's a time out for
God!"
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: "Yeah, I guess you could call
it that. But now, I think we ought to take a time out
and check the mailbag!"
SURFER
BOB: "Those kids sure know how to bring
a tear to my eye with them there awesome letters. (dabs
eye with hanky)."
PENNY:
(rolls her eyes). "Give me a break Bob! (laughs)
(to camera: ) Send us YOUR letter at: Kids On Mission,
International Mission Board, P.O. Box 6767, Richmond,
VA 23230."
SURFER
BOB: "Well, dudes, I'm off to The Netherlands
again. That was some kinda good cheese! And those Dutch
people really need a proper 'preciation fer surfin'."
PENNY:
"OK, Bob. Thanks for the tulip! We'll see you later!"
MR.
CHRISTOPHER: (to camera) "And we'll see
YOU later, too!"
PENNY:
"Bye!"
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