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Some participants of the Rainbow Projects display their finished works. (Morung Photos)
Morung Express News
Mokokchung | March 29
Amidst the lockdown and quarantine, children in Mokokchung are busy creating rainbows and sharing beautiful pictures and message of love, peace and hope. A project initiated by the Christian Community Fellowship Sunday School under MTBA, Mokokchung, the Rainbow project started as a home-schooling activity for the kids who attend CCF Sunday School.
As churches resort to different means of ministering to their congregations, Hannah Imchen Brown and Sashinungla Imchen were concerned that their students at the CCF Sunday School were also missing out on learning in school as well as church.
They came up with the rainbow project where parents are encouraged to share with their children the story of Noah in the Bible and make a rainbow and paste the picture of the rainbow on a window, door, and gate or anywhere people can see it.
Hannah Imchen while talking about the project said that the idea was inspired from UK, when her sister-in-law, Dannii in the UK, sent a photo of her niece holding a rainbow she'd made. She said that it has become a trend in the UK for children to make rainbows and display them in their front windows.
“After our conversation I was inspired to get my 4 yrs old daughter making rainbows, not only to brighten up our home and maybe my Facebook feed, but because of what the rainbow symbolises to us as Christians. I taught her the story of Noah's Ark, and how God keeps His promises. We related it to the current global crisis with Covid-19, and as I was teaching her I realised that the little lesson we'd just had was not only for her, but also for me. It was a reminder for me of how God loves His people and it gave me such a great sense of peace and joy in a time when the whole world is battling so many other emotions.”
Sashinungla Nathan believes that the rainbow project is a great way for families to spend time together, learn, get creative and have fun during their time in lockdown.
“The objective of Mokokchung Rainbows is to keep our children occupied with some creatively and learn some biblical truths. They can create different rainbows per day and this will keep them occupied productively since they will be thinking of what and how to make the rainbow tomorrow and day after and so on. I believe that will make the children to be engaged in some out of the box thinking instead of staying idle or in front of some screens at home.”
Shilula Imchen,Asso. Pastor, Women, MTBA said “We have participation from Dimapur, Shillong, Kohima and expecting many more even across international divide. We just want the small children to understand that God’s promises are always true. There is no need to fear and doubt or be anxious because God is watching over us.”
Sunep and Nola an eleven and a nine year old brother and sister who also participated in the rainbow project said that it was so much fun making the rainbow. Nola, the younger sibling said that she made a rainbow and wrote ‘Hope’ below it. “I wrote Hope because we are scared and we are all staying at home but we should not feel afraid and pray in our own houses and pray that COVID-19 will go away.”
Sunep, who helped her sister make the rainbow, said that he wanted to thank all the doctors and nurses who are fighting day and night against the corona virus and pray that they will not get affected by the virus.
The CCF Sunday School plans to create a big banner with a collage of all the photos they receive through the project and put it in the main town square after the quarantine period is over.
