Thank
you for praying this week ...
please pray for us one more week
we
have needed your support
GOD
BLESS YOU FOR INTERCEDING FOR US. . . we can't predict
what the tough issues will be during the two weeks of this
program, but we know they will come.. One young work crew
member had a crisis and is now hospitalized ... please pray
for him and his family.. Conflicts with kids that have
festered during the school year have been exposed and are facing
potential reconciliation, but some not yet. Unresolved,
issues in workers lives are being revealed under the stress
of the hard work of the summer, and are flaring ...
we
have needed protection
GOD
IS PROVIDING IT. . . vehicles are working each day, with
only a few interruptions ...Children are transported each day
safely... neighborhood gang members have easily tolerated our
junior high leaders painting over all the neighborhood graffiti
... work crew looked like it was passing the flu around and it was
abated ...
we
have needed God's presence
AND
WE ARE EXPERIENCING IT. . . where outreach is happening,
we can expect people to struggle with getting along ... (people
fight over the smallest things) ... in some of our classes we are
asking for God's love to break through ... already in one class
where conflict was great, peace is replacing it ... some of
our neighbors are in conflict over past offenses and their
children share classrooms ... rival gang families have children
here ...
we
have needed grace revealed
AND
IT IS. . . a great goal of this year's work crew has been
to see all barriers come down, to see young developing leaders
grow up in a context of racial reconciliation and indigenous
leadership development ... this work crew has embraced this vision
and needs us to continue to intercede for them for this ... young
adults who grew up in Kids Club, and are already parents, have
stepped into leadership on a larger scale than before, they
are walking images of the stories the children are learning. ...
the junior high leadership team (trained and prepared for this)
are the first ever junior leader team to receive praise everyday,
they are clearly astounding us
Pray
for
the 80 person work crew -- strength for a final week of this
"marathon run", growing and
nurturing their relationships with each other, the hard work
of loving their small group of kids, physical, emotional,
spiritual health, for their living accommodations
for
staff and teachers ... endurance, clarity in vision and
mission, passion for kids and for their role in their lives
for
problems that will arise ... wisdom, patience and strength
for
broken things to be fixed (air conditioner, sprinklers ...)
for
boats for Lake Day, safety and memories for Lake Day and for
the baptisms there
-- Lake Day is July 11
And
please pray that what every person experiences at Kids Club
this summer is the abiding love of God ... that children who
return to troubled places, neglectful adults, wounded turf ...
that these very children sing songs of the God who
passionately seeks them for his own ... that these very
children run to him this week, so that they can run to him for
all the next times ... i am hoping that next week i can share
some of those testimonies with you once kids club is over.
We
love you and remember you in our prayers, Kit
Jeremiah
6: 16
IS
THIS YEARS KIDS CLUB THEME VERSE
This
is what the LORD says:
"Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls."
GOD
BLESS YOU FOR INTERCEDING FOR US. . . we can't predict
what the tough issues will be during the two weeks of this
program, but we know they will come.. One young work crew
member had a crisis and is now hospitalized ... please pray
for him and his family.. Conflicts with kids that have
festered during the school year have been exposed and are facing
potential reconciliation, but some not yet. Unresolved,
issues in workers lives are being revealed under the stress
of the hard work of the summer, and are flaring ...
GOD
IS PROVIDING IT. . . vehicles are working each day, with
only a few interruptions ...Children are transported each day
safely... neighborhood gang members have easily tolerated our
junior high leaders painting over all the neighborhood graffiti
... work crew looked like it was passing the flu around and it was
abated ...
and
nurturing their relationships with each other, the hard work
of loving their small group of kids, physical, emotional,
spiritual health, for their living 
And
please pray that what every person experiences at Kids Club
this summer is the abiding love of God ... that children who
return to troubled places, neglectful adults, wounded turf ...
that these very children sing songs of the God who
passionately seeks them for his own ... that these very
children run to him this week, so that they can run to him for
all the next times ... i am hoping that next week i can share
some of those testimonies with you once kids club is over.