Hey guys! So Jean and I figured we should say a few things about what’s been going on in North Battleford area!
- We were teaching at Red Pheasant & Mosquito reserves last week. (Our last club was unfortunately cancelled, but that’s another story)
- We felt a little discouraged at first, because only two kids showed up at Red Pheasant and four at Mosquito. However, this gave us time to connect with our hostesses and learn about each reserve’s situation.
- It turns out Mosquito has not had a church for over twenty years–theirs burned down, and only in the past couple weeks have they started having small services at the band hall.
- But!! By our second day of teaching, the Mosquito club had grown a lot!! We got a handful of older girls who showed up halfway through and immediately began making posters for us, saying things like ‘5 Day Clubs is cool’ & ‘We love 5 Day Clubs’
- We eventually made a wall of posters because the kids made us so many!
- By the end of the week we’d reached a total of 44 kids on Mosquito (all unchurched), from a club that had started with only 4!
- The important part being: we had 11 decisions this week, 2 on Red Pheasant & 9 on Mosquito, with all of our older girls coming to know Jesus!
One final thing I found super encouraging was introducing the older girls to the quizzing equipment–I started with asking them questions from the Tony story, and slowly moved on to bible verses. At one point I asked a straightforward question (‘For the wages of sin is ___’), expecting the answer to be ‘death’. But one girl jumped and quoted the entire verse flawlessly! By the end the were all super pumped about the idea of quizzing.
(Jean was also pied for the first time. I gave the kids the option of who they wanted to pie first and they all immediately pointed at her!! Compliment??)
Thank you so much for your prayers.
-Tiara & Jean
Tiara Stuart
Hi! I'm Tiara. I'm from Swift Current area and I'm currently studying Child & Youth Care in Medicine Hat, AB. Some prayer requests for me would be: 1) that I have consistent energy throughout clubs, 2) that I can form meaningful connections with the kids, and 3) just lastly, prayer for the kids themselves, that they may be spiritually & emotionally well. Thank you so much and God bless.