Wow. The end of all 6 weeks is already here! I didn’t think they would go by this quickly!! I had a good, but long and tough week, and here’s an over-review of how it went.
Club #1- This club reached 10 kids, but 5 of them were 1-year-olds who never really listened. The other 5 were 3-year-old girls and my 10-year-old sister whom I brought on Friday. On the first day, it was just the hostess’ children and I, and the girl was shy and didn’t really want to listen at all. At first, she kept trying to run away during the songs and verses, but then she came and paid great attention during the stories! Apparently she talked a lot about me and the clubs after I left every day! The second, third, and fourth days were harder because more kids came, which meant their focus was more on, “Let’s go play!” instead of listening to me. But on Thursday, their listening improved as they listened to the verses and the stories. I also did a lesson with the two 3-year-old girls that were there, and they did really well and were a lot more interested! Friday was the day when the club did a 180 and turned around. The moms took all the 1-year-olds outside to play, and I had two 3-year-old girls inside. Instead of the usual one song, one verse, and half story I usually get through with their attention on me, we did 4 songs (2 of which we did twice!), the Tony story, 2 Bible stories (Philip and Saul), the Wordless Book, and a lesson!!! Of course, I simplified details for their understanding, but they paid attention the entire time, learned a lot, and had a lot of fun!! I’m glad that God allowed me to plant seeds in each of their hearts over the week, and that after persevering they are starting to germinate! 🙂
Club #2- This club reached 8 kids, and it was quite fun to teach with ages varying from 3-10. All of them were churched, and at first I was worried because they seemed a bit unexcited and quiet at the first club. But as the week went on, their smiles grew bigger as I told the stories and sang the songs! Thursday was particularly neat because I stayed an extra half hour to help the kids memorize their verses. Three of them finished all of their verses that day! I really enjoyed teaching this club, and I hope their passion for God continues to grow.
I had a few hour break in between clubs, and three of the days I spent reading my new Bible and highlighting verses. The first time I went to a park that I thought was beautiful (off Regina Avenue and Montague Street), and read through most of 1 Corinthians. However, I made the mistake of bringing a Sprite with me (funny/embarrassing story here), and when I took a sip, two wasps went straight into my mouth!!! I quickly spit them out and stomped them before they could get away, but I could feel that one of them had partially stung the top of my mouth. It wasn’t a full sting, but there was a little pain where the wasp tried to sting me…not sure exactly how that happened. But it didn’t seem to swell up, and ice cream cooled the pain. It seems to be fine now, as if nothing happened. I feel that if it had been recorded though, it would have been one funny video! 😛 That’s why the second time I stayed inside DQ instead and read all of 2 Corinthians. The third time I read Galatians and part of Ephesians while helping my sisters memorize verses. It meant a lot to me just to find some quiet, alone time to spend in God’s Word and encourage me to keep going through the long week.
Club #3- This club reached 14 kids, and I got to bring my 6-year-old sister all week to this one! 11 of these kids were unchurched, and 6 of the unchurched kids lived in a foster home across the street. Some of them have been coming to 5-Day Clubs for years, while it was some others’ first time. The first club was tricky because the kids who have been to clubs before were saying things like, “I don’t like this song,” and “The Tony story is lame.” This made the other kids feel as if the club wasn’t great either, and I prayed that they would all come back. They all did come back, except for one girl who always has to leave before the club starts, and they became a lot more excited about the club and did lots of verses and lessons!! On Thursday, I also had two kids accept Jesus- a young boy and a young girl!! On Friday, I was able to give those two and the foster kids Gospel of Johns, because none of them had Bibles. Please pray for all of these kids, that they will continue to be encouraged by the hostess’ family who invites them to VBS and other activities, and that they will continue to grow spiritually and learn more about God. This morning, I also was able to help my 6-year-old sister accept Jesus into her heart!! It meant a lot to me to do that with her 🙂
This week was tough because I was out all day every day, and there’s a lot going on at home and personally. But God helped me finish my clubs strong, and I am excited to see everyone tonight at Welcome Home! Let’s all pray that the rain and wind lets up more so that I have an easier drive into the city this afternoon.
Two passages that stood out from my Bible reading this week were 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 and 2 Corinthians 6:4-10. The first one reminded me to give everything to God’s glory because I cannot be doing all of this for my own glory, and the second one was a great encouragement to persevere through the week. I won’t type them out, because that would take a while, but I encourage you to look those up and see what God wants to show you through that.
God bless y’all as we reflect on what He has done this summer!
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