Just a quick update on last week: Friday is always the worst because you’re not sure if you will ever see the kids again but I was so thankful for how great all of the clubs were! There was a decision in the first club that the hostess and I had been praying a lot about. Also, one of the kids whom I had shown which pass it on card was my favourite came up to me after club and said “Here, this pass it on card is for you. You learned all of the verses, you deserve one too!” For the rest of the clubs, the kids were able to listen pretty well (with the threat of not giving them the hacky sack), which was such an answer to prayer! Getting pied was lots of fun as well!

So this week (Shamus and I are teaching together):

Club 1:

This club was one of my favourites last year and I was so excited to be able to follow up with the kids, especially as you can tell that a lot of them need love and attention! There is one kid in particular who made a decision last year but is not really connected to a church or other believers at all. It was super discouraging though, because our club is at 9 and we had no kids come yesterday and only one today. When we went advertising later in the day, a lot of the kids seemed interested and some wanted to come to the club right then, but most of them are not awake at 9. I would really appreciate prayer that the kids would be up and ready to come to club in the morning and that the girl who came today would be able to bring her friends. Especially pray for the girl who accepted Jesus last year, but has no follow up, I would really like to see her at the club.

Club 2:

This club has also been pretty discouraging because there have been no kids and there are not a lot in the neighbourhood. As we were advertising I kept needing to remind myself that Jesus has overcome, especially as one of the houses with a negative response had a little devil in their front lawn, and most of the houses that we went to had no one home anyways. Not only would it be an encouragement for us if kids came tomorrow, but the neighbourhood needs Jesus!

Club 3:

This club is super encouraging after a long morning of kidless clubs! Yesterday we had 4 and today we had 9 and the kids are great listeners! Today the ones that came yesterday said that they didn’t want to come at first, and we thought there would be no kids again, but before long some other kids had come to the club. Later, the ones that had come yesterday changed their minds! A lot of them are going camping for the next few days, so a prayer request is that they would be able to come back on Friday and have another chance to respond to the invitation.

Also just a general prayer request is that the weather wouldn’t be too terrible tomorrow and that if it is raining, that kids would know that there is still club and come! Also for continued energy and a reminder to trust God especially if there few or no kids in our clubs.

Grace Konrad

My name is Grace Konrad, and this is my second year teaching 5 Day Clubs. I am 15 years old and I'm from Edmonton AB. This summer I am excited for learning to follow the Holy Spirit's leading and I can't wait to see how God will be working in the lives of the children we teach and how He will be teaching me through it! Some prayer requests for the summer are: (1) an open heart to listen to the Spirit's leading (2) focus on the children and not on my own needs and wants (3) joy and not discouragement for clubs