Hey blog followers! It's Allison. We had another busy day of teaching classes, conducting team building activities, and having a movie night where we watched Despicable Me. The kids absolutely loved it. Hearing their laughter is priceless. Will and Makenzie are here to share some more specific experiences they had today...
Today was a very busy day full of lots of learning and fun. It started with our usual team devotion, then we all sang worship songs together, and then we split into our small groups (Katrina and I are in charge of the 11th an 12th graders) and talked about making room for the Holy Spirit in our lives. After teaching two more classes on manners to the kids in the morning, we had a great afternoon playing sports and doing team building activities. The highlight of the day for me was definitely singing worship songs with all the kids in the morning - their voices harmonize so beautifully together, and they seem to take worship so much more seriously than a lot of us do back at home. Although these kids are learning a lot from us, I am beginning to see that we are learning at least as much from them! - Will Phelps
Wow, it is only the 3rd day here and I am completely overwhelmed by God’s goodness. I am so thankful God is taking us on this adventure with Him. Today was a day filled with worship, classes, team building activities, crafts, and sports. I got to make picture frames with the kids today and it was so much fun to see the kids creativity and how much fun they were truly having. My absolute favorite thing is to hear the kids worship and sing together. I would make the 26 hour plane ride all over again just to hear their voices. They have the most pure, full voices that reach right to your soul and touch you. It truly feels like a piece of heaven and it will forever leave an impression on me.
Myself and the rest of the team are also definitely being taken out of our comfort zone in many ways. One way, is that each of the girls on the team are house parents for 4-6 Academy girls and we live with them in their dorm room. While this is out of our comfort zone, it is the most amazing opportunity to connect with the girls. It breaks my heart to hear some of the stories about my girls lives back in Phillipi, but God has reminded me that I have such an amazing opportunity to really love on these girls and reach out to them right now. If you could pray for our Academy girls and that God would be near to them and show them His truth, grace and love, it would be much appreciated.
Also, please pray that our God would renew our energy and spirits and give us strength and patience.
Love always, Makenzie
Thanks for posting the pictures! So excited to see some new (and young!) faces amongst the academy kids!
ReplyDeletePrayers for energy for sure! ...sounds like you need some "Alive, Awake, Alert, Enthusiastic!" If you haven't learned that song yet, I'm sure you will and it will be stuck in your head playing over and over and over...
So excited to have the opportunity to hear about everything going on at Bridges from the team. Really pumped to hear how God is going to use you all during the OVC camp! Prayers that you'll continued to be filled with The Spirit and also prayers for continued health for the team!
-Brent