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| We girls doing a dance in the concert. |
It has been a great month of learning to live and depend on his grace over my life.
Even when I don’t deserve it He
still shows His grace and mercy over me each day. It is an amazing experience
to depend on God and obey him in the small and big. The biggest thing God has
been teaching me is to overcome frustrations and disappointments that come my
way. Sometimes working with the young people here frustration and anger can
come fast but I need to have lots of patience and grace and that is what I have
been asking God for. Days are not perfect but with God leading able to do it. The concert we had went out pretty well. It was a great time of ministry. Thank you for your prayers for it.
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| New addition to our tuitions, unable to walk. |
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| Simran-another new addition. |
It has been
fun ministering with the kids and growing deeper in relationship with them. The
slum ministry has been going on well. The kids love the tuitions we take and
they have been responding great. We had some new kids come and join us and the
parents are so happy to send them for tuitions as the kids are in their exam
season. Vilma and I have divided the kids into two groups and have been able to
focus on them better. It has helped us get to know them even better and they
love it. The best encouragement I got was from one of my student there who told
me: “Jemi didi (older sister in Hindi) after you started teaching me English
subject I like it so much.” In the beginning she did not like it all and now
she never wants to end even when I say time is up.
It is
encouraging to hear such things as sometimes you can feel discouraged if the
kids are getting anything at all. For the next month Vilma and I are planning
after their exams get over to do like a good summer program with them.
Presently we are working on it. We want the gospel to reach all their families
and warn them also about the harmful influence sometimes they get from their
parents in terms of drinking and other things kids need to be aware of. It’s
been such a joy working with them.
One of the
other things my team and I were able to do was minister to children’s’ home
called “Bethel Missions” in which some of the kids are being supported by our
church here. We conducted a small workshop for the older senior kids there. We
introduced them to future goals and options in studies and jobs they can get as
most of them were unaware of it. It was a good session we had with them and
they were able to share their desires with us. We are hoping to conduct more
sessions with them in the future so they will be able to grasp it fully. It is another place that I find so much joy
in ministering in. They are an amazing group of kids who are eager to learn and
grow.
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| My team and I at Bethel missions teaching. |
So
altogether I can say it has been a good month with its ups and downs but the
secret God taught me was to depend on Him and trust Him step by step. I have
been able to serve the Lord better with the help of Godly friends here who are
an amazing help to me. I thank God for them. It’s been a joy serving the kids,
Women and youths here. Sometimes we don’t see the fruit fast but I know even
the smallest things we do one day will reflect in the lives of the people we
serve. The main thing is to live as Jesus wants us to and reflect His love even
when it is hard.
Some of my
prayer points are:
· That God would help me with the
program I am planning for the kids for summer.
· For more of God’s love in me to
reflect to the people I serve each day.
· To overcome feelings of discouragement
that are not from God.
