Can we say, how HOT is it!! Unbelievable the temperatures and dryness we have faced in this part of the country. For all of you who have rain, could you please send us some!
Another fun filled week around the community. We got started this week, with the feeding of the Weekend of the Cross children, Friday and Saturday. Mr Tom fixed all the food and drink and several of us served it up. You have never seen such hotter, messier, tireder folks as they came through the doors. They enjoyed their hour break from the heat at the center. We fed around 65 children and adults both days. We did have a restroom back up, but we made do and everybody thanked us for being their for them.
Saturday visits went well, with only Dr Phil and myself traveling around. With the heat, only a few joined us at the Hamilton and Labor Ready stops. We stopped by Robert's camp and got him to go with us and he helped hand out the gatorde
Don't know if you have seen the pictures on our face book page yet, but go take a look at Christmas in July! With this week being the final week of summer camp, the interns pulled out all the stops to make each day a little bit special. Monday, they had a Christmas party! Ms Patty led them in the making of Christmas stockings. Another activity was decorating Christmas cookies. They were read the Christmas story out of the Bible. Then they heard a different kind of Christmas story about how the Cajuns do it. Then they finished the day by having Santa come and visit with the children. Santa handed out bags with the children's initials on them and surprises in the bags. Tuesday the interns had a family barbeque inviting the extended family members to come. It was good to meet the moms of some of the children. Then Thursday, Ms Sarah, Mr Scott drove the vans as they all went out to Splash Kingdom for the afternoon. What a week.
Wednesday, with the temperatures at 107, we were wondering if any would venture out. Well they did and we had a great afternoon. More and more of the community is beginning to step up and help out in various ways. Some of the children are in charge of name tags. Some helped passed out plates and silverware. Some helped with the kool aid.
Thursday morning, we had a return visit from some of our friends from the The River Community Church in Natchitoches. In fact they are still here! Ms Lauren brought her pastor and several of her friends and they are working in the mornings at the center and having a retreat in the afternoons. Sure good to see them again. They will be leaving Saturday morning and then we will have our Lake Charles family arriving Monday.
I was given the summer camp newsletter Thursday evening and at the bottom of the letter is this message from the Interns: This has been the summer of a life time for us. We could not think of a better way to spend these past 8 weeks than with these beautiful kids and we will miss them more than you can imagine. We have had some good days together and some tough ones, but through this time, it has been a blessing and an honor to be a part of their lives. Lvoe - Ellen, Kelli, Allison, Mary, Macy, Joey, Gus and Lomax.
Thursday evening, we continued a tradition of saying good bye to our college interns who are leaving us. I am still unsure why God continues to bless us with such special young people. Each year, we continue to add to our family, young people who have a heart for lvoe, thinking of others and wanting nothing more than to please God. It was special last night to hear comments about each one of our interns. Each one having special gifts, unique talents, lvoing spirits and working together they created a place where our children could feel lvoe, maybe for the first time in their lives. It is with a heavy heart, we have to say good bye. But knowing they will continue to be praying for our community, sharing their experiences with others, some how we will get through these weeks. One of the moms said Tuesday evening, I don't know what my children are going to do next week with out camp going on! They just love coming here. Thank you does not sound adequate enough, but know we lvoe you all, you have a special place in our hearts and we are already counting the days for your return to us.
Don't forget Ms Sarah is having a garage sale at her house Saturday morning. If you don't have something to bring by so she can sale it, then go by and buy something! She is raising money for her trip to Haiti.
Prayers for Lomax and his grand mother. We found out last night, Lomax's grandfather passed away earlier in the week. Lomax has been a special part of their lives and always was there for them as his grandfather's health continued to decline.
Gus asked for prayers for his mom. She has never been sick in her life, but now is fighting complications of phenomena. Gus also asked for prayers as he left Thursday evening to spend a week under the bridge with Dale and Tim.
Prayers for Kelli as she tries to discern God's direction for her life. Also for her cousin's new baby.
Prayers for all our interns as they travel home or back to school. Kelli and Lauren leaving Friday. Mary leaving Saturday. Ellen leaves Sunday. Joey leaving Saturday for a week at Glorieta, New Mexico. Gus leaves next Thursday and Allison the week after that.
Continued prayers for the Kairos weekend as Charley prepares for that.
Prayers for Ellen's brother who is 16 and meeting all sorts of challenges in his young life.
Prayers for Ms Abbie as she continues to be the rock in her family as she deals with Joe's slow recovery and family matters.
Prayers for a member of Grace, a man who was in our men's Bible study on Monday nights, passed away Wednesday morning. The men's group went to his house Monday night to have our Bible study there. Jim's health had been failing for several weeks. We were able to sit in his room, we helped him open his Bible and he was able to share with us during the evening. We heard from his wife later on, that was the liveliest she had seem him in several weeks.
Scott and I talked about the passing of Jim Wednesday at our meal. We talked about how easy it would have been to just say, sorry we can't come because it is not convenient for us. Or what if some of us had not decided not to even come. We will not have that opportunity ever again to sit with Jim and listen. It reminded me of what we say all the time, I am going to wait until I retire before I help others. I can't come today, I am to tired. I can't help serve, I have to work. I can't read a book to a child, I don't have time. I can't sit with some friends and let them get out of the heat. I can't . . . It is not about us, but about others. I want us to be sure, what we are doing is of God and not for ourselves. Are we building the Kingdom of God as He is directing us to or we doing the building on our terms? God's timing is always perfect, but it may not be convenient? I am thinking that is why I whine so much! God is wanting me on His terms, His timing not on mr brian's terms.We will never in this life time, have the opportunity to sit with Jim and read the Bible. You still have an opportunity to do God's work, don't make an excuse, do it!
Hope you all have a great weekend. Stay cool if you can. Enjoy your families. Enjoy the many blessings God has for you. Amen.
Another fun filled week around the community. We got started this week, with the feeding of the Weekend of the Cross children, Friday and Saturday. Mr Tom fixed all the food and drink and several of us served it up. You have never seen such hotter, messier, tireder folks as they came through the doors. They enjoyed their hour break from the heat at the center. We fed around 65 children and adults both days. We did have a restroom back up, but we made do and everybody thanked us for being their for them.
Saturday visits went well, with only Dr Phil and myself traveling around. With the heat, only a few joined us at the Hamilton and Labor Ready stops. We stopped by Robert's camp and got him to go with us and he helped hand out the gatorde
Don't know if you have seen the pictures on our face book page yet, but go take a look at Christmas in July! With this week being the final week of summer camp, the interns pulled out all the stops to make each day a little bit special. Monday, they had a Christmas party! Ms Patty led them in the making of Christmas stockings. Another activity was decorating Christmas cookies. They were read the Christmas story out of the Bible. Then they heard a different kind of Christmas story about how the Cajuns do it. Then they finished the day by having Santa come and visit with the children. Santa handed out bags with the children's initials on them and surprises in the bags. Tuesday the interns had a family barbeque inviting the extended family members to come. It was good to meet the moms of some of the children. Then Thursday, Ms Sarah, Mr Scott drove the vans as they all went out to Splash Kingdom for the afternoon. What a week.
Wednesday, with the temperatures at 107, we were wondering if any would venture out. Well they did and we had a great afternoon. More and more of the community is beginning to step up and help out in various ways. Some of the children are in charge of name tags. Some helped passed out plates and silverware. Some helped with the kool aid.
Thursday morning, we had a return visit from some of our friends from the The River Community Church in Natchitoches. In fact they are still here! Ms Lauren brought her pastor and several of her friends and they are working in the mornings at the center and having a retreat in the afternoons. Sure good to see them again. They will be leaving Saturday morning and then we will have our Lake Charles family arriving Monday.
I was given the summer camp newsletter Thursday evening and at the bottom of the letter is this message from the Interns: This has been the summer of a life time for us. We could not think of a better way to spend these past 8 weeks than with these beautiful kids and we will miss them more than you can imagine. We have had some good days together and some tough ones, but through this time, it has been a blessing and an honor to be a part of their lives. Lvoe - Ellen, Kelli, Allison, Mary, Macy, Joey, Gus and Lomax.
Thursday evening, we continued a tradition of saying good bye to our college interns who are leaving us. I am still unsure why God continues to bless us with such special young people. Each year, we continue to add to our family, young people who have a heart for lvoe, thinking of others and wanting nothing more than to please God. It was special last night to hear comments about each one of our interns. Each one having special gifts, unique talents, lvoing spirits and working together they created a place where our children could feel lvoe, maybe for the first time in their lives. It is with a heavy heart, we have to say good bye. But knowing they will continue to be praying for our community, sharing their experiences with others, some how we will get through these weeks. One of the moms said Tuesday evening, I don't know what my children are going to do next week with out camp going on! They just love coming here. Thank you does not sound adequate enough, but know we lvoe you all, you have a special place in our hearts and we are already counting the days for your return to us.
Don't forget Ms Sarah is having a garage sale at her house Saturday morning. If you don't have something to bring by so she can sale it, then go by and buy something! She is raising money for her trip to Haiti.
Prayers for Lomax and his grand mother. We found out last night, Lomax's grandfather passed away earlier in the week. Lomax has been a special part of their lives and always was there for them as his grandfather's health continued to decline.
Gus asked for prayers for his mom. She has never been sick in her life, but now is fighting complications of phenomena. Gus also asked for prayers as he left Thursday evening to spend a week under the bridge with Dale and Tim.
Prayers for Kelli as she tries to discern God's direction for her life. Also for her cousin's new baby.
Prayers for all our interns as they travel home or back to school. Kelli and Lauren leaving Friday. Mary leaving Saturday. Ellen leaves Sunday. Joey leaving Saturday for a week at Glorieta, New Mexico. Gus leaves next Thursday and Allison the week after that.
Continued prayers for the Kairos weekend as Charley prepares for that.
Prayers for Ellen's brother who is 16 and meeting all sorts of challenges in his young life.
Prayers for Ms Abbie as she continues to be the rock in her family as she deals with Joe's slow recovery and family matters.
Prayers for a member of Grace, a man who was in our men's Bible study on Monday nights, passed away Wednesday morning. The men's group went to his house Monday night to have our Bible study there. Jim's health had been failing for several weeks. We were able to sit in his room, we helped him open his Bible and he was able to share with us during the evening. We heard from his wife later on, that was the liveliest she had seem him in several weeks.
Scott and I talked about the passing of Jim Wednesday at our meal. We talked about how easy it would have been to just say, sorry we can't come because it is not convenient for us. Or what if some of us had not decided not to even come. We will not have that opportunity ever again to sit with Jim and listen. It reminded me of what we say all the time, I am going to wait until I retire before I help others. I can't come today, I am to tired. I can't help serve, I have to work. I can't read a book to a child, I don't have time. I can't sit with some friends and let them get out of the heat. I can't . . . It is not about us, but about others. I want us to be sure, what we are doing is of God and not for ourselves. Are we building the Kingdom of God as He is directing us to or we doing the building on our terms? God's timing is always perfect, but it may not be convenient? I am thinking that is why I whine so much! God is wanting me on His terms, His timing not on mr brian's terms.We will never in this life time, have the opportunity to sit with Jim and read the Bible. You still have an opportunity to do God's work, don't make an excuse, do it!
Hope you all have a great weekend. Stay cool if you can. Enjoy your families. Enjoy the many blessings God has for you. Amen.
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