Hey everyone! This week was long and rough but it was worth it.

My first club yesterday had 14 kids, bringing our registered total to 15. This hostess lives on a farm and every day the kids got the chance to ride horses and play with kittens and it was just super fun. Today we only had 6, but since we had enough for the football we did a draw and the little girl who won was super excited.

At my second club yesterday we had almost all the 7 kids come back, even though they had to postpone a birthday party to be there, and we had 5 new kids today (which I wasn’t expecting at all, so that was awesome!) bringing us to 12 total. We drew for the hackey sack and they thought that was awesome.

My third club had one little girl yesterday, and at first today we had the same two from Wednesday come back. But it was really funny because there was a little boy across the park, in a tree. He was calling to the girls, asking them who they were, and they replied “It’s us, your neighbours, you know, the ones who live next door?” Then he asked “Who’s that tall girl?”

And then the following dialogue ensued (remember, we’re yelling, across a park, to some kid in a tree) :

I said, “My name’s Olivia.”

“Olivia who?”

“Olivia Mile. Would you like to join us?”

“Why don’t I know you? And I can’t, because I’m playing mantracker, and I don’t want to get killed.”

“Uhh, you don’t know me because I’m from Regina, not Tisdale.”

“Oh. How old are you?”

“Just about 18. Are you sure you don’t want to come? It’s lots of fun!”

“Oh. Well, I’m 10. What are you doing?”

“We’re having a bible club, with stories and songs and prizes.”

“Can I just have the prizes and then go home?”

“Umm, I think it would be better if you came to the club to get the prizes”

“Oh. Well I’ll be right there.”

This 10 year old boy then proceeded to get down from the tree and run over to us just as we were starting the first song. He stood there and watched us quizzically while we sang and then listened intently while I explained the contest. When I got to the part about bringing friends, he said, “What? I want buttons! Can I go get some friends?”

I told him he could, so he ran off and after we had reviewed our memory verses he came running back with three other 10-11 year old boys. At first they all were looking around suspiciously because they didn’t want to “get killed” in their mantracker game, but they all sat and listened, spellbound, while I told the story of Tony and they loved the song, and they all were enraptured by the bible story also.

I was so surprised at their participation because at first glance they definitely did not seem like the type of kids to enjoy the club. But they loved it and they all thought the prizes were totally awesome. One boy especially seemed to really listen to the bible story and I think even though he didn’t accept Christ, he definitely understood what I was saying and I’m going to be praying for him. They all asked if there was more to the club, and I was sad to tell them it was our last day. I did tell them that there would be another club next summer and they should come to it. They all seemed pretty disappointed that they had missed it all week, but now I’m already praying that this club can get rebooked next year and these boys will get advertised to.

My last club didn’t have any kids again yesterday or today, so it was really too bad. But at least the four came on Monday and even if they weren’t super interested, I know they heard, and they have the lessons and bookmarks so I know that God can use even that to reach them.

This has been a pretty crazy week, but it was good. I’m so excited to get home tomorrow to see my family and then set off again on Monday for another week. But we’ve made it halfway, so that’s really exciting.

I can’t even begin to express how grateful I am to you all for praying for me. This week started out hard but by the end it was super fun, and 5 kids accepted Christ. So, thank you so much. See you again next week!

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