Summer Daze Club has been really great! We have just completed the second week and the kids are really enjoying it. I have been helping in lots of ways. One thing that I have done that has been new to me is that I had to teach the bible story center. Teaching kids is not new to me but the planning was. Every time that I have ever taught for something like VBS or camp before I have been just handed a curriculum and all of the supplies and everything all ready to go but this time I have had to do a lot of the planning. I didn't know the first thing about planning the activities but my intern coach (Stacy) sat down with me and helped me out last week. I am teaching next week too but this time I have pretty much figured most of it out on my own!!
We have also been having a high school bible study on Wednesday nights. This weeks study went well. Quite a few kids showed up and we taught them how to do an inductive bible study. We had one student one kid that sounded really excited about being able to study the bible on his own but said that he did not have a bible. We made sure that he had one before he left. I am so encouraged when I hear kids getting excited about the word of God.
Another activity that we have been having for our high school and middle school kids is Friday night live. Every Friday night we open the youth center up for the kids to come hang out and to get them off of the streets. We often have different themes and play all kinds of games. Last night we had a rapper called JDUB come and rap for the kids. The kids loved it!! He is a very talented rapper and he is using his gift for God.
Yet another project that I have been working on is the computer room at the youth center. Today I went and got 4 of the computers set up. I am working on one of them right now. I am excited to get it all up and running because we are going to get a DSL internet connection for that room and the kids will be able to use the computers as a resource during the school year to work on school work. I am also putting a lot of work into the Kix Kids website. I have added tons of new stuff to it including games!! I am constantly finding more things to add. I would like to do something similar for the Couts UMC web page if they would allow me to do it. The Kix Kids website can be found at http://www.kixkids.com
Last but not least, I am getting my discipleship group started today. Two of the boys that were in my cabin at camp are brand new Christians and I am going to meet with them once a week and just hang out. I hope to be a positive example to them and to be able to show them how to grow deeper in their relationship with Christ.
I know I have written a lot but I haven't gotten to update the site in a while and I wanted you to know how everything is going. I also mailed out a prayer letter to everyone who is sponsoring me this summer. It tells about my experience with one of the kids at camp. I will probably be posting it in the near future for everyone to read in case you did not get one in the mail.
We have also been having a high school bible study on Wednesday nights. This weeks study went well. Quite a few kids showed up and we taught them how to do an inductive bible study. We had one student one kid that sounded really excited about being able to study the bible on his own but said that he did not have a bible. We made sure that he had one before he left. I am so encouraged when I hear kids getting excited about the word of God.
Another activity that we have been having for our high school and middle school kids is Friday night live. Every Friday night we open the youth center up for the kids to come hang out and to get them off of the streets. We often have different themes and play all kinds of games. Last night we had a rapper called JDUB come and rap for the kids. The kids loved it!! He is a very talented rapper and he is using his gift for God.
Yet another project that I have been working on is the computer room at the youth center. Today I went and got 4 of the computers set up. I am working on one of them right now. I am excited to get it all up and running because we are going to get a DSL internet connection for that room and the kids will be able to use the computers as a resource during the school year to work on school work. I am also putting a lot of work into the Kix Kids website. I have added tons of new stuff to it including games!! I am constantly finding more things to add. I would like to do something similar for the Couts UMC web page if they would allow me to do it. The Kix Kids website can be found at http://www.kixkids.com
Last but not least, I am getting my discipleship group started today. Two of the boys that were in my cabin at camp are brand new Christians and I am going to meet with them once a week and just hang out. I hope to be a positive example to them and to be able to show them how to grow deeper in their relationship with Christ.
I know I have written a lot but I haven't gotten to update the site in a while and I wanted you to know how everything is going. I also mailed out a prayer letter to everyone who is sponsoring me this summer. It tells about my experience with one of the kids at camp. I will probably be posting it in the near future for everyone to read in case you did not get one in the mail.
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Josh,
I am so excited to read about all the wonderful things you are experiencing! I know that this has been a wonderful experience for you and I am so proud of you for letting God use you to reach out to others. I can't wait for you to get home and tell me all about it in person. God bless you! Keep up the good work.
Love,
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