rainy day thoughts.

Yesterday was a "teaser"... it was warm and sunny. It made you feel like summer was around the corner and forget that days like today existed. It's cold and rainy, thankfully I don't have to leave the house until tonight for kids club. So here I am; wrapped up on my bed, sipping maté (Uruguayan tea) and working through kids lessons for the weeks to come. I counted the weeks to see just how many I needed to think through and I was a little taken back by the number: 10. I have 10 more lessons, 10 more weeks to prepare for; 10 more weeks to be with these wonderful children. Whoa. I thought, there might be a mistake, I'm not all that great with counting, but after 3 times of getting "10" I decided that I wasn't wrong.

I've been randomly asking friends for ideas for lessons to see just how many I could "rake up" to pray and sort through. I have been wanting to teach on the promises of God for several weeks... but there's not always ways kids living off the street could physically apply these promises to their daily lives. I see how they can, you see how they can, but they're so depressed sometimes, that they can't see it. So after praying about it, I've come up with 10 lessons. I'll give you a taste: Promise of a Savior (Genesis 3:16- Adam and Eve), God the provider, God the sustainer, the Uncreated one (I'm stoked for this one!!!!) and a big illustrated book by Max Lucado called "I Believe in Jesus". I'm looking forward to reading the book with them, after I translate it of course. These kids LOVE books, if I realized that, I would have looked for Spanish kids books for them. If you know a missionary going out soon, I recommend sending children's books with them. Small ones, in the language of the country. It will become an amazing tool, especially if they're just learning the language and don't feel comfortable teaching. Just an idea ;)

While we're on books, I've been reading Captivated by John and Stasi Eldredge and I recommend it to women. It's been interesting to see how pop-culture really shapes the women we are today. In fact, they trace it back to Eve (as in first woman created Eve); maybe that doesn't count as pop-culture...