Something God has really been teaching me during my first 3 weeks on the field is to depend completely on him.
Over the past few months I have started to really try to do things on my own. I know I can do all things through Christ (Phil. 4:13). But I really only go to God when I realize that I can't do it on my own. What I have realized is there is NOTHING I can do on my own. I am totally dependent on God for everything. No matter how well I learn to teach the Bible lessons it is still only God who can reach the hearts of the children.
My first week out in the field no kids were responding to the invitation. By Thursday I was feeling pretty discouraged. Before we did the Bible lesson on Thursday we had a "treasure truth" which included an object lesson I completely messed up the object lesson and I was thinking to myself that this was going to be such a horrible day. During the Bible lesson the kids didn't seem to be paying attention but after during the invitation 4 kids accepted Christ. God really showed me through that, that it doesn't matter how well I do or if I mess up he is the one who is working.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Training!
Things have been so busy. I haven't really had anytime to blog. So now it is time to play catch up. Instead of writing one really long post I'm going to write separate ones for different things.
I spent June 24 until July 7 at STI (summer training institute). It was really amazing. I learnt so much. I learnt about how to present a Bible story while including gospel points. I also learnt how to present a memory verse. I also learnt many other things.
About half way through training we found out who our partners are going to be and where we are going. I have two different partners for the summer, I have one partner (Hannah) for four weeks and the other (Rachel) for two weeks. I am serving all 6 weeks in the GTA.
Training was really hard at points. There was so much to learn. I wanted to learn everything really well so I would often study during my free time. During the second week we had to present the entire program for all five days of club. So each day would be two hours of stuff.
I had a really great time connecting with so many other young Christians who have a passion for serving God. Even though I am a lot older than most of the students I still developed many great friendships.
I didn't become a Christian until I was 17, and most of the people at STI were either 17 or younger. So it was just really amazing seeing people serving God at such a young age. Especially since when I was their age I wouldn't have even thought about serving God like them. For a few days I was almost feeling jealous of the kids I would be telling about Jesus, because they would be hearing about Jesus at such a young age and they would be able to grow up knowing and serving Jesus. One night I was sharing with one of the staff about my feelings and he said that it is great that I am going out now to tell young children about Jesus because they will have an opportunity to know Jesus at a young age that I did not.
So that is a very brief overview of training. I will try to blog again soon.
Until next time,
Megan Jones
Signing out
I spent June 24 until July 7 at STI (summer training institute). It was really amazing. I learnt so much. I learnt about how to present a Bible story while including gospel points. I also learnt how to present a memory verse. I also learnt many other things.
About half way through training we found out who our partners are going to be and where we are going. I have two different partners for the summer, I have one partner (Hannah) for four weeks and the other (Rachel) for two weeks. I am serving all 6 weeks in the GTA.
Training was really hard at points. There was so much to learn. I wanted to learn everything really well so I would often study during my free time. During the second week we had to present the entire program for all five days of club. So each day would be two hours of stuff.
I had a really great time connecting with so many other young Christians who have a passion for serving God. Even though I am a lot older than most of the students I still developed many great friendships.
I didn't become a Christian until I was 17, and most of the people at STI were either 17 or younger. So it was just really amazing seeing people serving God at such a young age. Especially since when I was their age I wouldn't have even thought about serving God like them. For a few days I was almost feeling jealous of the kids I would be telling about Jesus, because they would be hearing about Jesus at such a young age and they would be able to grow up knowing and serving Jesus. One night I was sharing with one of the staff about my feelings and he said that it is great that I am going out now to tell young children about Jesus because they will have an opportunity to know Jesus at a young age that I did not.
So that is a very brief overview of training. I will try to blog again soon.
Until next time,
Megan Jones
Signing out
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