It Could Be the Last
Some kids have such unstable lives. We never know if this is our last opportunity to share Christ with them. In July, Michaela hosted a Bible Club for kids in her neighborhood. Throughout the week, she and her friend taught the children using Bible lessons, missionary...
My Backyard Mission Field
Out of my league. Like way out of my league. I can teach a Bible lesson. Or lead songs. Or game time—I can do game time. But organizing a 5 Day Bible Club in my own neighborhood was a little beyond the limits of my comfort zone. I didn’t even think there were kids in...
Creativity: abstract or personal?
I enjoyed teaching this week because of the application that God allowed me to do with the students. This week as I was in their classes tutoring and playing with them at recess, I was able to take the things that we were learning in class about Creativity and...
Learning from Mistakes
Hanna, Addison and I were teaching at a school I hadn't been to before, but I was excited for the day of teaching that lay before me! Well, we taught the first two classes, and let's just say, they didn't go very well. We had a hard time keeping the kids' attention,...
Contention = Warning Signal
This week, God has been teaching me about yielding my rights to Him. I have come to learn that holding onto rights was and is the main cause of a lot of my personal frustration. This was especially true when my expectations were high, and reality was low. The distance...
What Are We Going To Do?
It was supposed to be a normal teaching day, until we remembered that the oldest and most experienced person on our teaching team was leaving for the week. That kind of changed things a little. For the first time, Michael, my other partner, and I would be teaching by...
Ten Souls
Last week, Elizabeth taught the Bible Lesson. It was about witnessing. She challenged the children to go and witness to three people. This was something that both she and I were struggling with, so we decided that in order to be a good example to the children and grow...
Ashley
There was one little girl at Bible Club that I had seen the previous week, and God has given me a burden for. When I saw Ashley, her eyes were empty and sad. I hurt for her, and really wanted for her eyes to light up with the joy of Jesus. Well, last week at Bible...
He Works in Weakness
"Friday was a day that I probably will not forget. I woke up tired and exhausted that morning, scrambled around, trying to get ready for school and wake up. Since I was recovering from a cold that weekend, my voice would go in and out. My teaching partner was in the...
Spring 2012 Slideshow
Don’t Miss the Treasure
"Recently, I was assigned to deliver a half hour speech on Tolerance! As I prepared for it, I learned so much, and everything that happened seemed to "reinforce" what I was learning! But one thing I would like to share is about listening to others before forming an...
Taking the Challenge
"Two weeks ago, I was eating lunch and talking with a fourth grade boy. In the course of the conversation, he shared that he didn't like reading. Then he asked me what I was doing at the school, and I shared that I was [teaching character classes]. I began to tell him...