It has been a while since Michael and I have done full time ministry with children so we thought we should blow the dust off our kid skills and put them to work right where we are. So we have started volunteering in our children's church at Lakeview Church. It is called Finish Line Kids. We have been assigned to work with the 5th grade class. Fifth graders are an adventure! Last weeks lesson was focused on love. One activity the lesson suggested was for the students to write a letter to a loved one to tell them how much they cared for them. I learned a very quick lesson: use the word LOVE loosely when talking to fifth grade boys! Out of ten boys, ten boys wrote love letters to their girlfriends! Yep, its good to get back in the practice! Yesterday, we got to lead the class by ourselves and had a really good time. Our lesson was on Surrender and the kids did a really good job understanding the concept. We are excited to get to know this group of kids and be able to pour into their lives. It will be neat to share the next six months with them until we leave. Kids are kids, in the US or in Guatemala!
An update on fundraising: we are currently at 36% and still holding. Our goal was to be at 40% by the end of July so we are just a little behind. We are hoping to have an outstanding month in August. We have several large donors that have committed to give but we are waiting to hear an amount back this month. We are also working on meeting with a couple churches this month as well which could be a great addition to the support team. Pray with us. We are hoping to be at 60% by the end of August. All things are possible with Christ Jesus!
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