I will go…

So! I honestly don’t even know where to start! So SO much has gone on that it seems daunting to try and tell you about it!

First things first! My car broke down! But that has been fixed and I get to pick it up this afternoon. I have been carless for about a week. You don’t realize how essential it is to have one until it’s gone! But praise GOD it has been fixed and it could not have come any sooner!

The second thing is that winter (your summer) has begun which means we have a lot of volunteers coming for the summer! The house is about to get crazy! By the beginning of June we will have about 20 people in the house! It’s going to be an awesome time of madness and ministry! I can’t wait!

And then there’s the WORLD CUP! It is insane how quickly it has approached! For the month of June we are having holiday clubs! As part of the morning teens team, we have been writing curriculum for 3 of the 4 weeks of holiday club which is always a process. A good one but a long and tedious one!

We are also in the process of organizing and planning the WAIT 4 ME extravaganza! Wait 4 Me is a bit like True love Waits. It’s an abstinence program for teens! We are expecting about 600 youth there so it’s a big deal event! We are busy partnering with the local churches to get them on board for follow-up and advertising! But more on that at a later date!

Then there is a lady coming to do music and worship workshops in July and I am busy getting her schedule together as well! It is going to be such a great opportunity to partner with the local churches and help give them resources!

And all that’s just the extra stuff! Thursday we have a global day of prayer here at Living Hope! It should be a great time of corporate worship as an organization!

This week in Teen club we are talking about weight and nutrition. I love the red hill youth! They have so much life in them in spite of their circumstances! There is one girl in particular who is really sticking out to me as a leader! She is smart and mature and only 13 and she needs some serious discipleship. She eats up everything that we do in club and loves the Word of God! Pray that God gives discernment as to what we can do come alongside her and walk through life with her in a deeper way outside of club.

I am not going to lie, it has been a rough couple of weeks! There is just so much going on! I am so immensely aware of my need for God and that I can not serve out of my own strength but can only serve for a cup that is overflowing with the wisdom and knowledge of God!

Thanks for sticking this out with me! I know that I don’t post as regularly as I should but I am so thankful for those of you who read this and who are walking this journey with me!

Thanks for stopping by!

Monday in Red Hill we had teens and kids club in top camp. I have been sick for the past few days but for some reason I knew I needed to be in Red Hill for club.

Monday’s topic: Puberty.

So fun, huh? The thing is, these teens don’t have anyone to talk about this stuff with and the ones they do talk to about it aren’t able to give them accurate information.

Because it was so cold I had a small number of girls in my group. There were four of them. After we did our ice breaker with the boys and did some of our Bible drills we split up girls and boys.

I was worried about what whether or not they were going to be open with me and talk candidly about all their many questions.

I was shocked when question after question came from these four girls and even more shocked to find that I had the answers!

Club is suppose to end at 5:15 so that we can hand out the food and clean up but that is not how girls club went on Monday.

It takes a lot for these girls to open up. Part of it is culture and the other part is them being youth. Up until Monday, there had been some glimmers on openness with the girls but not full out.

Monday was like a wall had come down. Not only did they talk about all things puberty but they wanted to know about dating and boys and boundaries and on and on the list goes.

I have two reactions to there openness with me. 1. Humility. How am I suppose to be able to answer all their questions and take on the responsibility of giving the Godly wisdom? My prayer is always that God will be the foundation for it all and that His word will be where the answers are found. 2. Thankful. These girls need someone to talk to about all of this stuff. They are faced, at such a young age, with so much pressure. And they need a place to find answers and there is no one in their community! I am so thankful that God would allow me an opportunity to speak into the lives of these girls!

Everyone else ended at 5:15. We ended at 6. And if it had been up to the girls we would have stayed there longer but it was getting dark and they needed to head home.

I can’t wait to continue the conversations with these girls!

Please be praying that they would continue to be open with me and that God would give me the words to answer all their many, MANY questions!

These are the future leaders of their communities. Pray that they would continue to be in the center of God’s will for their lives and that we would have the strength, courage and patience to continue to point the toward God!

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