Tuesday: Preparing the Way

TODAY'S REPORT:

The rest of our crew from Second Baptist arrived in Chicago today. We all spent the afternoon over at the school preparing for the opening of VBS tomorrow (Wednesday). We worked on setting up the various rooms / stations for the kids (Bible story, crafts, recreation & games, music & dance).

Tomorrow morning we start by prayer walking the neighborhoods surrounding the school in the morning, followed by VBS in the afternoon.

PRAYER NEEDS:

Thank you for your continued prayers and encouragement. As you continue to pray for our efforts, today please pray especially for:

• Smooth Opening. Registration is tomorrow for the VBS program and many of us are new to this. We also will be working with volunteers from other area churches on this, and many of those people we haven't yet met. Please pray that all would go smoothly and that we will hit it off with our new partners in this effort.
• Making Connections. One of the goals of this mission is that each of us will make at least one lasting connection with someone who we can stay in touch with after we leave. That will be difficult, no longer than we are here, but we trust God. Please pray for success in this lofty goal.
• Expanding our comfort zone. Many of us (including me) will be asked to do things we haven't really done before as a part of this mission. Many of those essentials of this project will be outside our normal comfort zone. Among the things that will be new for some of us: teaching kids, prayer walking, witnessing, sharing testimony, etc., etc. Please pray for boldness and that God would expand the realm of that which we find "comfortable."

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We love you and are so thankful for you. Please know that you all remain in our prayers daily as well.

God's Blessings,

Matt