(I’m going to give a disclaimer right now, I’m really bad at blog titles. Sorry :P)
Well, today was a good day, as far as first days go. Sarah and I are billeted at my Grandma’s house and we have three clubs.
Our first club is at a friend’s house in Saskatchewan Beach. We only had the our hostess’s 5 children there today, but I still thought it was a super good club. The kids all seemed to have a lot of fun. They were going to print off more invitations and give some more out, so we are hoping to have more kids tomorrow.
The second club is at my Grandma’s house. The first two years I taught, we had 19 or 20 kids, and then last year we changed the club from July to August and only got like 7 kids to come, so we moved the week back to July in hopes that more would be able to come again. This morning we had 6, although we know for sure 5 more are planning to come, so that’s good. Our numbers are (basically) up already. We are hoping for a few more, so you can definitely pray for more kids! This club was a little crazy because a lot of them were younger and didn’t listen very well, but we’re praying that they come back and listen well tomorrow. I know a few of them don’t come from a Christian home and need to hear the message we have.
Our third club is just a couple of blocks from my grandma’s. This one was a little smaller with only 4 kids. But one of the families who came to my grandma’s club also came to this club, so they must have enjoyed it. The hostess’s two boys were the other kids. At first it felt a little awkward with the older boys (15 and 12) but they seemed to enjoy themselves and I think maybe tomorrow we’ll get the older one to help us hold the memory verse visual or something, to try to get him involved.
Anyway, I think it was a great day. A few prayer requests would be:
1) That more kids will come to all three of our clubs
2) Safety on the roads as we drive back and forth from Sask Beach to Strasbourg everyday
3) That Sarah and I would be able to make our stories interesting and the right length as we figure out this first week
Thanks so much everyone! Hope the rest of you CYIA are having a good first week, and we’re praying for you too!
Olivia
Olivia Mile
My name is Olivia Mile. I'm from Regina, SK. I'll be 18 in August, and I just finished grade 12. I plan on attending Nipawin Bible College in the fall. This is my 4th summer teaching 5-Day Clubs and I'm very excited for this summer of ministry. Some prayer requests I have for the summer are: 1. Safety on the roads as I drive this summer, and that God would keep my car in good working condition and there would be no issues with any of that 2. That God would make me effective in ministry this summer and that he would speak through me as I teach and that he would receive all the glory 3. That the children in the clubs I teach every week this summer would have soft hearts to hear the gospel and respond