Woman's Scrapbooking Bible Study

God works in Mysterious ways, yet HIS ways are always better than our own!

This saturday God did something that frustrated me, but that worked to his GLORY! On saturday I had 4 people call me within an hour and cancel from coming to the once a month woman's Bible study. I was quite dissappointed and was very sad that I had not had success at having good attendance. However, God was orchestrating something LARGER and bigger than I would know. I still had 3 people coming. Two are students.. Lisa a girl I have been mentoring from Korea, and Fei from China, and then Chipo (a strong Christian from Zimbabwe). So, I was glad to spend time with the three of them and we were doing a bible Study on Mary Magdalene about how we need to be tenaciously loyal to Jesus Christ! Fei opened up with us and shared that she was afraid she really didn't become a christian. I think if everyone would have come, Fei would have never opened up, and she would still be wondering today if she was a Christian. However, I was able to share with Fei, that YES God truly has come into her life, and yes she HAS made a decision to follow Him. She is going home on Friday for two months to visit her family. Her Family is ALL atheist, she is the first to become a Christian. And, in her mind, it was easier for her to say, "I haven't really become a Christian", than it was for her to start to think through what she might say to her family. I am going to meet with her again before she leaves and we are going to do a Bible study on her assurance that she is a Christian and when she returns I will mentor her one on one. But, pray that Fei would be Tenaciously LOYAL to Jesus while she is home in China, and Pray that if God does want her to speak to her family about her decision to be a Christian that she would listen to what He has to say, and speak the words Christ has put in her mouth.

Youth Centre

This weekend was awesome! Friday night we started up the youth centre again. There were 10 kids that attended. Please pray that Chris and I would be able to use this group as our base support and grow a strong youth group off of these kids. Two of the girls (Jade and Cindy) that I have been asking prayer for asked to come to church on Sunday. So, I picked them up and they asked to come again next week! Please pray that THEY would hear God speaking to their hearts. Jade became a christian last year at a youth concert, but has not showed much change in her life or commitment. Pray that we would start to atleast immediately start to see some behaviour change! Cindy's dad came out to my car when I dropped her off and was VERY thankfull that I have taken cindy under my wing and have started to care for her. Please pray for Cindy. She comes from a home that is falling apart, and so much has changed in her life. Pray that Cindy would realize that she needs God in her life to give her attention. She has been acting out lately, but I think it is a cry for attention. Pray that she would not do anymore dangerous things and that I would be able to connect with her and begin to talk with her abut her life, the life God has given her.