JUST 25 DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT!!!!
Maybe it's the kid in me but I totally love summer break, which is weird because I'm totally a lover of routine but I'm a bigger lover of more time with my kids!
We have recently had a large donation from the great people at the Elk's Lodge and that has supplied us with most everything we have needed the last couple of months. This week was going to be the first week with several items to list but then this crazy thing happened… a faithful donor and volunteer asked what we will need next week. That isn't so crazy. She does that a lot and will let me know what item she plans to purchase and then I don't include that item on the online listing. Here's the crazy thing: this week she didn't buy just one thing on the list, she bought everything on our list! Did you get that? SHE BOUGHT EVERYTHING ON THE LIST!
The faith and faithfulness of some of the members of this community blows me away and challenges me to be more bold in my own faith. It's really amazing to see some community members sacrificing so that no kid is hungry!
So, since there are no food needs this week, I would like to ask for something else. Prayer. Will you pray with me? Here are the things I'm asking you to pray about:
- Please pray that God will heap blessings on those who sacrifice to give and serve through Bear Necessities.
- Please pray that the families who receive food will know that it is the Lord Jesus who supplies it for them.
- Please pray that those who have been wanting to give but are afraid or busy will not delay anymore.
- Please pray for the team of middle school girls who work every single week to set up will grow to love Jesus, know their identity in Him and be a light to all around them.
- Please pray that God will be glorified through our program and the other Bear Necessities programs that have recently started at other schools.
I snuck that last thing in, didn't I? If you're on Facebook you might have seen a post about this but maybe not. A year and a half ago I met with two teachers from a different school and a mom. The teachers were finished having hungry kids in their classrooms and ready to be a liaison between God, the community and the school. The mom sends her kids to a private school but wanted to teach those private school kids about the needs in their own community. I gave them everything I had. None of it was ever mine. From day one this has been God's idea and so I simply shared what had been given to me. Recently they began Bear Necessities programs and I nearly jumped up off the couch when I saw that they'd not only started but were being so well received! From the beginning God impressed upon me that He did, in fact, provide enough food for us all, that He desired to feed ALL the children and that if one would simply be a liaison in a community, NO CHILD SHOULD BE HUNGRY! Praise God for his continued provision for his children!
