Lo-ong border waits!
Little ham!
Well, at least she found it relaxing! :)
It's funny but every time I think "Aaah, now we're heading into a calmer season," things always tend to get busier. Which is great really, God is good! We are starting up a new children's program on Saturday mornings and we're excited about that. It will be headed by one of the young women in the Church who has a great passion for children and has been desiring to help out in any way she can. This same girl also translates for me during the Girl's Bible Study. Despite the many obstacles and the oppression she and her family have faced and continue to face she has a true servant's heart and I thank God for her, she is one of my best friends. Other members of our Church group are eager to help with this as well and we would love prayer over this time, for the children who come, for their families who will also be positively touched by this, as well as for the group leading it. Another prayer request concerning the children's ministry is supplies. We don't have much to work with at the moment, so if you feel moved to donate particularly towards the children's ministry it would be greatly appreciated and well used. If you were thinking of sending something specific, the group's immediate needs are craft supplies, markers, crayons, water color paper, etc. simple Bible teaching materials, that sort of thing. Also group games, Twister for example, or others.
Waiting for the kids to arrive!
A game of "Simoni thot" (Simon says!)
Prayers appreciated as we head into our next season of homeschooling. Adelina will officially be in second grade, Teuta in Kindergarten, Albulena will be into a bit of light pre-schooly stuff, and Violeta into, well, everything -the cupboards, the toilet, all of her sisters' most special Untouchable things... Haha. We'll be using a more formal curriculum this year, but still with a lot of eclectic stuff thrown in to make it interesting. Prayers for me and my Patience *and my sanity :) for organization, prayers that the girls will respond well to it all, prayers that I'll remember that they don't have to Learn All The Things in the world in this one short year, lol, since I tend to get over-zealous and then easily discouraged (not a productive combo.)
The Girl's Bible Study is going very well, I am really enjoying our weekly discussions. The girls who have been coming have really opened up and seem eager to dig in. This week we'll be talking more about honoring God with our lives and comparing Romans 12 with several passages in 1 Peter as a spin off from last week's talk on ways that our lives bring glory to God. Next week we'll be discussing Discernment.
Another thing I wanted to mention is that one of the young men in our church felt led to begin a young boy's Bible Study in the village. One evening a week he gathers all the boys in the field for a soccer game and then has a time of teaching. The last time we were out in the village (Krevasarie, Hasan's home village) I saw a TON of kids heading down there for that, praise the Lord! Prayers as this continues and grows!
We were recently able to purchase a van for Church use and wanted to give another huge THANK YOU! To our friends at RBC who funded that! I have tears in my eyes just thinking of their love and generosity, we were and continue to be SO blessed.
In Him~ Jacquelyn
1 comment:
You are awesome. God has been good to our family when he brought you Along
(this is for Jacquelyn,) :P
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