Week 9

This week we had 3 speakers. The first speaker was a guy named Phil from Casa Viva and he taught us about Isaiah 1. He emphasized how God prefers justice and mercy over religious deeds and legalism. This really stuck out to me and made me realize that God isn’t all about sacrifices you need to make in your life but he really wants you to support the weak and lost. The second teacher was his wife and she taught us about discipline, and how you need to discipline children according to the background. For example you can’t discipline a kid that has been living on the street the same way you would discipline your own child. The last teacher was my leader Scott’s wife, Leslie. She taught on kids with disabilities. This topic really struck my interest and I could see myself working with the disabled in the future. The thing I really liked about the way she taught was that she had us do research and had us teach ourselves.

For outreach we went to two locations. The first location we went to the same daycare as last week. It was really cool to go back because I had already built a relationship with some of the kids and they were happy for us to be there. We did a couple of activities and game and talked about God’s characters and how he loves us. It was really cool to plant seeds in these children and can’t wait for God to root in them. On Friday we worked with Metro Ministries again. I love this group of kids and their playfulness that they have. At the end of it I got to pray for this man that was in a wheelchair who was in a motorbike accident and is just now starting to try and walk again. It was a really nice time.

http://www.pekintimes.com/news/x324655596/Hard-times-children-at-risk

In this article it is talking about how children have been at risk in their own homes. How with the economy and people not having a lot of money are needing help at home. In this they are allowing people to stay in their house for rent that they don’t know very well. This causes problems because the children are sometimes left home alone and some of the kids have been abused. As well as single mothers having their boyfriends come stay at their house and the kids are being taken advantage of.

Prayer Points

*Mothers discernment for good boyfriends
*Protection for kids from roommates
*Awareness of situations like this
*Kids talk up when abused