Lock-ins

Classroom teaching is a great way to minister to kids. I get to incorporate Jesus into eveything I do, and I love it. I like trying to teach my students about God, Godly living, and life in general. It's a challenge and a joy. However, since I came all the way to Kenya to work with these kids, I figure I should go above and beyond. So, I have been attempting to have after school activites for my middle school students as an extra time to minister to them. My first event was put on by the middle school student council. We had a game night just for middle school! It was quite successfull. We had an evening of crazy loud fun and games. I was happy. The following week the elation subsided when we started hearing rumors of a few of the students' innapropriate behavior. When we finally got to the bottom of everything, they were just talk and no real action (thankfully). However, it put the rest of our activities in jeopardy. Kids can be so disappointing sometimes. But I still love them. Just last night we had our first middle school boys' lock-in! Of course I didn't stay for it, but from what I've heard it was successful! It was focused on learning how to be a man of God and was titled "Man Up: Becoming the Leader God Made You to Be." I am planning a middle school girls' lock-in this coming Friday night! I'll be staying for this one! Please pray that I get enough volunteers! It's like pulling teeth to get people to volunteer for stuff like this! I stole the theme for this one from my amazing sister. It's called "God's Pattern For a Princess" and is focused on becoming a woman of God. It should be a lot of fun and a time of great learning! Please pray the boys' and girls' messages will sink in and they will have truly learned something! I love planning these things for the students, but it is stressfull! I've been praying hard core for them!