Halfway Point

Last week was another great week with the girls – I can hardly believe that the summer is half over already… We had eight girls at girls’ group on Wednesday and once again I was so impressed by the depth of understanding and the desire these girls have to get into God’s word. One thing I have come to love doing is splitting the girls into pairs and having them look up verses. Even on days where they are wild and won’t quiet down in a group setting, the moment you split them up and put a bible in their hands they calm down and are serious about trying to understand what the scriptures are saying. What amazes me the most is what incredible understanding these 9-12 year old girls have of what they are reading; this week I saw one of our Muslim girls summarize ten verses into two phrases that could not have been more accurate!

I also had two great one-on-ones this week… With our retreat just around the corner I’ve really been trying to push the girls to get their hearts ready for what God wants to do in their lives. I had a conversation with one of our Christian kids about how God wants to use her in the lives of the other girls who don’t know Him and she was really touched and excited to see what God might do through her during our time at camp. I also had a conversation with another one of the girls about why she believed in Jesus and was it just because other people told her He is real or because she’s actually experienced Him for herself. She admitted that she had never experienced God personally but that she would like to. At her request, we stopped to pray right there in Tim Horton’s and agreed to continue to pray over the coming weeks that she would indeed have a personal encounter with Jesus over the course of the retreat.
We’re really excited about the retreat as we believe God is going to do an amazing work in the lives of these girls. As a result, we are taking a step of faith and praying that all 16 girls would be able to come to camp (something that would take a real miracle for some of them). Would you join us in the faith-stretching prayer? We know that our God is more than able.

This week: God is like a Rock – He is dependable and trustworthy and it is important for you to be dependable and trustworthy as well. Please pray that the girls would grow in their trust of God as a result of this week’s discussion and that they would also be challenged to live lives of integrity themselves.