by Perky Sun | Nov 30, 2016 | News & Updates
I love the difficult kids. I was a very logical type of kid, so I love to work with children that critically examine what I teach about Christ. While these students tend to make sharp comments, their sarcasm often comes from a highly developed mind. At Bible club, I...
by Perky Sun | Nov 17, 2016 | News & Updates
She sits attentively in the front row in class, ready to ask questions and learn. The only problem is that I can’t talk about God with her. Dana* and another boy from that class had come to Character Camp a few weeks before, and it was exciting to see them in...
by Perky Sun | Nov 3, 2016 | News & Updates
What should we teach? It was time to plan for the next day of school. My teaching partner and I sat down, prayed, and began planning. We knew that we were going to teach 4th-6th graders, but we had very few ideas in our lesson plan. The 6th grade class was especially...
by Perky Sun | Oct 22, 2016 | News & Updates
I was freaking out. I was supposed to give the Bible lesson at our biggest Bible club. But how could I talk in front of 80 kids or more, let alone keep their attention? Worse yet, this Bible club had a reputation of being one of the loudest and hardest groups to...
by l kwon | Oct 7, 2016 | News & Updates
Thoughts of failure overwhelmed me as I tried to finish my homework. I needed twelve ideas—object lessons, illustrations, or skits—to complete my paper, and so far I had a total of one. I also had to give a speech the next day, and I was stressing out. In the throes...
by mmcateer | May 26, 2016 | News & Updates
“I don’t think God is going to do anything special through me here.” This thought nagged me the whole way to school. Sure enough, at the end of the day I left school disappointed. It had gone well enough, but I didn’t feel that the kids got anything out of what I...
