Elisabeth, my partner, reminded me that we are already a quarter of the way done with our missions here. That really tooke me back because I feel that we haven't really started anything. So far, I've become accustomed to the customs of the home and its schedule but in terms of real, meaty, spiritual substance has yet to begun. So here are some things we are considering:
1. Prayer meeting for the staff: The hope is to start/end the day with Scripture and prayer with some of the teachers and that they will see fruit in their relationships with the kids. Then, ultimately, other staff who are not believers will see the fruit and transformation and be led to Christ. We are only here to get this ball rolling, real fruit, I believe, will come more with time.
2. Bedtime prayer for the kids: We want to pray with/for the kids before bed. It won't be anything super long but prayer in itself shows great love.
3. Bible study with middle/high school girls: Since we are living in the same suite as the older teen girls, we have the deepest relationship with them. Rather than just having fun and being nice to them, we want to offer something more: Everlasting food and comfort~
4. Collecting prayer requests from the kids: We want to allow every kids an outlet to express their concerns/prayer topics so that we can pray for specific things. So we are planning to hand out prayer leaves and pasting them on a prayer tree. As the prayers get answered, the leaves will be exchanged for fruit! We are hoping for lots of fruit!
In all these things, we are finding ourselves needing to rely on God's hand in everything-- scheduling, open and willing hearts, physical energy. Please keep these ideas in your prayers. We want to offer them lasting things rather than just niceities :)
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