Today we woke up to our second bright sun shiny day in a row, and it was awesome!! And to top it off church didn’t start until 10, so we got to wake up nice a slow! It was wonderful, I laid in bed for a while and just listened to all of the music and chatter around me, got up, had some coco puffs, purified some water, and it was time for church!
As I approached the little building I could see that it was packed! They had even come back to the house and got the rest of the chairs. Most of us were standing in the back, clapping our hands to the same beat that goes with most of the worship songs that we can’t understand. As I looked around I noticed that about a third of the congregation were children. As I processed that and reflected on the past church services that we have been apart of here I realized something; there are a lot of kids, and nothing for them to do. They usually do one of three things, fall asleep, sit next to their parents with “what is happening” looks on their faces, or they all make their way to the back and cause huge distractions for the adults. And then it clicked in my head; they need some sort of children’s program!
As church continued I made my way to a rock that is right outside of the door to the church and I had a seat and just watched all of the kids that had made their way outside to play. They were beautiful, and they were having so much fun; but the truth is that there was nothing of eternal significance here for them. Maybe one day they will grow up and people will tell them about Jesus, but as of right now there isn’t much that is offered to them.
Now because I am a child, I found myself sitting in the midst of about 7 kids, and we just played. It was awesome because the kids here are not super comfortable with us. We don’t actually get to play with them a whole lot, unless we are chasing them (which they smile for, but I am relatively sure that they love it and are terrified all at the same time). But today as I sat and just played with this group of kids we all laughed and enjoyed one another. They even fixed my hair for me, flowers and all! It was probably my favorite part of the entire race so far!
These kids are timid, they have beautiful smiles, they can get up and down the mountain before we make it down, when they laugh they do it with their whole bodies, and they have souls; beautiful souls. One day these souls will leave this Earth and make their way to either Heaven or Hell. All I know is that it is now my time to do anything that I can to express the love of God towards them so that they can choose now to have a relationship with Him, instead of waiting until they are 25 year olds that have made bad choice after bad choice in life and feel lost and worthless. I want these kids to have an identity in Christ, and who He is; not what the world says is better.
My goal is to plan some sort of children’s program for next Sunday morning, and I am so excited about it! It’s crazy to me how much I was in love with Children’s ministry before the race and now God is taking that passion and blowing it up. I love children’s ministry, and I am so incredible humble to know that God has chosen me to go the nations and gather His children. What an incredible job I have been tasked with! I am so blessed!
Good news…a little over $500 came in today!! Which means that I just need $2,000.00 more by April 1st!! God is so good, and I have no doubt that it is going to happen. If you have a desire to be apart of this ministry click the support me link on the left side of the screen and follow the instructions from there! I would really appreciate anything that you can give! Thanks for loving me!!
