so we has pumpkin week.. not halloween as we don't celebrate it, but it was quite the experience.. americans go mad for halloween, it is really sad actually, they are dabbling in things they don't even understand.. but anyway, we carved pumpkins, above is my yogibear! I had only ever carved turnips, so it was quite an experience. So that week each kids got a pumpkin (not as big as this one!!) a christian family in Iowa donate their whole crop to metro.. which is so amazing, because usually metro spent $15000 on them before this!people are so generous.So my site happens on friday, which was halloween and it was expected to be crazy... with eggs and stuff, so we were warned, as well as that there was a lot of gang activity and so we were being very careful but God was very faithful and no situations arose.
Time changed last weekend so it is getting darker much sooner and so our sites are being shortened. Also it has rained quite a bit, so we have to adapt things as we go! need to be flexible!
So it is mid semester.. and tiredness is setting in, but we are trying to keep the energy high! I am still enjoying and really seeking out what God has for my people on my site. I really feel I am making relationships with the kids and people which is great, but I am seeking what else He wants for it. I would appreciate prayer for this, just for discernment and guidance.
Thanksgiving is coming up so we will be delivering turkeys and 'boxes of love' to the sponsor kids whose sponsors paid for them to have it.. so that will be interesting. We have been wrapping presents too for christmas, so it is all go.
I'm keeping well and enjoying it muchly! Definetely a job with high job satisfaction!!
anyway hope all is well at home, I'll finish with a story from friday's site..
we were teaching a emotional lesson, ' encourage yourself in God by remembering all the good things he has done for you'.. and Char the other staff shared her testimony, of how her mom kicked her out of the house when she was just 15 because she wanted her to be her mom and stop drinking... and the holy spirit was right there on the basketball court and the kids were experiening God's presence, it was so strong. Afterwards a little boy named Robert came up to me bawling his heart out, and I asked what was wrong and he said ' my mom left me'... he was so broken, this little 5 year old, his mom had walked out on him and he understood exactly what that meant, and his little heart is broken, he lives with him Gran and Dad.. and I couldn't do anything but cry and hug him and tell him that God would never leave him. and it really hit me, these poor kids... all over the world, shouldn't have to suffer such heartache.. it is heart breaking.. I just pray that he will always know God's love for him and will put his trust in God. It also made me realise again how blessed I am.. how we all our, so I guess I share this to encourage you to not just rattle through each day, but realise how blessed you are and be thankful..but also to pray, pray for the cause of the oppressed, fatherless and widows and all those in desperate need, as christians that is our duty Isaiah 1:17... prayer is so powerful.. check out 2 Kings 20.. how king Hezekiah prayed and God changed the outcome..
please pray for little Robert, that God would heal his heart.
Thanks for all your prayers,
love sarah
