Surprisingly unexpected… This is actually the slogan of Moose Jaw. Now I think it is a little redundant and unnecessary for the slogan of a city, but I think it thoroughly describes my feelings of today. I was surprised by a multitude of occurrences. I will admit that not all of the surprises were good surprises, but surprises none the less.
This morning I woke up and lazily checked Facebook as I was trying to adjust to the light of a new day. First surprise. Not a good surprise. I am friends with the pastor from Mossbank on Facebook as I have been at that VBS three years already. He shared a post regarding a lady from that community had passed away this week in an accident. This is a lady that helped every year at VBS. I knew this lady. I was very devastated. But I am confident she is with the Lord now.
Second surprise, and this one is a good one! I showed up to my club in Rosenhof and was welcomed with a few new faces! Our attendance has 19 names on it!!! Now all of those 19 were not there today. Some due to their parents not wanting them there… So I hope that they will be able to attend again this week at some point!
I went to my club in Waldeck again today with no kids showing up. But I learned that a girl at the Rosenhof club is actually from Waldeck. Her mum said that she would try and bring her and some more friends tomorrow. I hope she does or else I fear I will have to cancel this club.
My third club is in Swift Current. And some of my repeaters from last week did not return. This surprised me. They have been so eager all week to return everyday again, and then they just didn’t show up. But the rest of the kids worked on their memory verses with me and were able to get some pass it on cards. This one little fella was so stoked to have picked the lady bug one. He showed it off to me, his grandma, his aunt, the other kids. The joy he had on his face after struggling so hard to memorise his verse was priceless!
My fourth club is also in Swift Current, and probably had the greatest surprise of all. I had just started teaching the Noah story when one of the girls asked if we were almost done. Well I said I had the whole bible story to get through. She stated, rather insistently, that we had to get to the part where I ask if anyone wants to invite Jesus into their heart. I told her we could do it then and there. She was so excited! We prayed together, and then we finished the bible story.
Another great surprise. My last club has had pretty small numbers of about 2 all week. Well today we had 8 kids! I was so excited. They were a bit rowdy but we got through it all. Also all the kids (who were all acting pretty cool in the club) were super stoked to get lessons at the end! I am so encouraged by these kids.
I have greatly enjoyed my time in Swift Current again this year! I will be sad to say goodbye to all these kids on Friday!
Sonnie Fellwock
Hello my name is Sonnie Fellwock. I am 22 years old and live in Moose Jaw Sask. I am a student at Saskatchewan polytechnic in Sasaktoon taking the Combined Laboratory and X-Ray technology course. This is my fourth year teaching 5 day clubs. I am looking forward to the summer ahead. 3 prayer requests for the summer: -that I would have enough energy to teach the kids this summer -that God would keep the workers safe this year -that God has opened the doors he wants and we are able to reach as many kids as possible.