The Grand Adventure

I am tired. Children wear me out.

I got back from Arlington Texas with the junior high kids on Saturday night and then Monday morning started OBC’s Kid’s Camps, I am leading a group of very “special” second graders in soccer. Needless to say these small children are wearing me down more than I could have imagined. It’s not so much the physical wear but more so the psychological warfare they so brutally unleash upon me. But God is still at work and in control even after a brief slump with a week in Texas, being a leader takes a lot of work and my studies drifted aside. Anyways here’s what’s been going on…

Arlington, Texas

Junior high is interesting and at first I was pretty pessimistic about the whole Mission Arlington. But in order for me not to slander anyone’s name or come off as a total pessimist and live as I believe Christ would I will not go into details of MY minor issues.

The first day I didn’t really know what my role was so I just hung out and observed our site’s kids to see where I would fit. I identified two older boys that seemed right up my alley named Dustin and Jimmy. So the next day during our Bible study instead of letting them just sit around and talk to each other I pulled them aside and talked to them. I started doing the prescribed lesson but then they started asking tons of questions and we ended up deviating from the main topic altogether. They were asking me tons of questions that we had been addressing within the internship which was really cool because I felt like God was testing me on what I had learned. I then asked them if they had ever accepted Christ into their lives and I got a very interesting response, they had both “accepted” him. I dug a little further and found out that they had done it at a revival. After asking how it happened Dustin said “Well, a man started to yell at me and ask if I had accepted Jesus and people just started touchin’ me” and I asked if had legitimately accepted Christ or if he had just done it to get the people off him. He didn’t answer and I said that I’d honestly just do it to get people off of me. Revivals tend to hit me in a certain area that sets me off because of the sociological tactics they use to get people to “accept” Christ. Apparently Dustin took what I said to heart and that night he was at a revival with his mom and he just walked out because he thought it was stupid. Do I feel bad? Nope just surprised he actually listened to me even though he kinda got in trouble… awkward…. Anyways to get on with it, Dustin couldn’t come to Rainbow Express the next two days but honestly I see it as a blessing from God because of the connection I made with Jimmy. Jimmy’s dad is Buddhist and is mom is some form of Christianity and he’s really been struggling with what to believe. After tons of questions it basically boiled down to the point that he was going to have to make a decision at some point in his life between the two, if it’s not apparent I was pushing him towards the Truth. I ended up giving him my Bible I had marked up and he came back the next day and said he would try and memorize the verses I had in the front of the Bible. Seed planted? Yes! I give God all of the glory because I would never I have done that by myself. I count it as more of a victory than getting him just to pray a prayer. 

As for kids camps… please pray for patience and guidance… it’s tough…

I got a new Bible for my birthday! After giving away one and misplacing another… I really hope it’s with someone who needs it. I think this was God’s way of breaking my reliance on study Bibles.

Well thanks for reading, here’s some prayer request I have…

• My sister leaves for Europe on Thursday and my brother left for Wisconsin this morning, please pray for safety of travel
• That God would reveal himself in a totally new way to me through this kids camp

Toodles!

Drew