Greetings!
First I’ll tell you the story as to why this blog is
happening this morning. Youthworks is doing something a little different this
year with one of the evening activities. One night a week, the churches are
free to do whatever evening activity they would like to do, with only their
group. We decided we would go to the very beginning of the Mississippi River!
It started out so innocently, picking up pebbles from the bottom, climbing over
rocks and taking pictures. Needless to say, we all ended up drenched, and had a
45 minute drive back to the high school, in the midst of an immense thunder
storm. When we got back, the youthworks staff members were kind enough to let
us use the showers again, but it was also 11:00, which is lights out time. No
time for blog! Wasn’t that a fun adventure?
Okay now
for the real stuff. This week started out as a challenge for me and a few
others. I found out what I was going to be doing for the week, and was excited
to see that I would be working at the kid’s club! I’ve always loved hanging out
with and loving on the kiddos in the places that I serve, but this time it was
a bit different. The first day, a lot of them weren’t open to building new
relationships with these people that they knew were going to leave them at the
end of the week. I felt like I just couldn’t do it. I prayed and prayed that God
would help me figure out a way to give these kids the attention and love that
they need, without making them upset or uncomfortable. Luckily, the second day,
the kids were much more accepting to our presence! I got to play with more kids
and when we lead the story time, they were extremely attentive, and could even
answer 2 questions after! It just goes to show how much God has been working in
Cass Lake these past 13 years. The children know that God will protect them and
that He is the one we rely on in times of worry and stress.
Yesterday,
I also had the opportunity to work in a garden that serves fresh foods to the
community. This is really great because at a lot of food pantries they get
canned and processed foods, but here they can receive locally grown greens and
veggies! We had the job of laying down hay to keep in the moisture and smother
the weeds for the plants. It was really satisfying to physically see the
progress that we made. I’m excited to see what the rest of the week has in
store! (Today is water day at kid’s club! yeet) Thanks for reading the blogs
and keeping up with our adventures in Cass Lake!
Halfway done! -Grace
P.S. Mom we get back around 5 or 6 on Saturday.
Hey friends!
This week
I have had the opportunity to work at the kid’s club. Having worked with kids
on a mission trip before, I expected it to be just like last time and for it to
be a breeze, but I was so wrong. On the first day, it was difficult to get any
of the kids to open up to us and hang out with us; they mostly just wanted to
hang out on their own and had no interest in anything we had to say. Going back
on our second day, I was slightly discouraged, expecting none of the kids to
listen to me. It was the exact opposite though; the kids were so much more
willing to listen to us and play with use! Yesterday, they were willing to hear
the Bible story and answer two questions about it afterwards!
Getting
all of the kids to open up was great, but the most exciting part of the day
yesterday was when one kid willingly started a conversation with me about God.
This little boy had talked to me for at least half an hour about a video game
he plays. Of course I had no idea what he was talking about, having never
played this game, so I was smiling and nodding. At one point though, he
mentioned how he had built a castle in his game that he said no one was able to
see, except God who could see anything. This sparked a conversation with him
about God as he began to ask me questions, such as why does God get to see
everything and talk about the amazing things he knows God does. It was amazing
to hear such a young boy, no older than six, already have so much faith and
knowledge about God!
I am so
excited to go back to the kid’s club, especially since today is water games
day! Thanks for reading our blogs! -Katie
Yesterday I worked at both the outreach sports camp and a
food pantry that grows their food on site. It was the second day that I worked
at the outreach sports camp and on the first day the children and teens we worked
with were trying to act out and not listen on purpose. But, on the second day
we worked there we figured out they were acting out for attention so if we ignored
them when they were doing things they shouldn’t they would stop and we could go
and talk to them later. After figuring that out things went significantly
better after we figured that out. -Alex
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