I am truly enjoying teaching 7th grade!! We have set our routine for the year & we start every day with a few songs. I LOVE LOVE that these 7th graders love Praise & Worship as I do!! I let them take turns picking the songs. These kids have such beautiful voices & it is a great way to start the day!! I then read them a daily devotion & at times go deeper when needed. We also Pray together as a class every morning. The first day of school I asked for prayer request & NO ONE raised their hand. By day three I had a few request.....I am so thankful that as the end of this week approached the kids have really opened up & have prayer requests daily. They ask for prayers for their family, unsaved loved ones, people they know who are sick & friends who need Jesus!! I also put a private prayer box in the back of the room for those who have something personal they might need me to pray about & I promised them I would keep it secret between me & the student only!! I have had 2 "Special" prayer requests & I ask that you help me to lift these up!!! You don't have to know ...... God does! I am excited that they are eager to learn & are opening up to me. It truly makes my heart overflow with Joy!!! We had lots of work to do this week, quizzes, Homework, & Tests!!!! We have jumped right in!! We also celebrated Birthdays this week!! My sweet SarahBeth made cupcakes for my class & we had a special snack. This week alone I had 2 kids with a Birthday & realized one student had his birthday the day school started!! YIKES......How did I miss that?? :D - So we celebrated ALL Birthdays from August & September....this brought lots of smiles and fun! I am glad they felt special on their "special" day!! After all - God made us all special. He formed us all in our mothers wombs & set a special plan for each of us!! He knows the number of hairs on our head & loves us So. I truly hope these kids realized how much God loves them & that they ARE special!!
Sunday we started off the week with a Great Church service & Sunday school class. Most people that know me well know that I have a passion for youth & all that they go through as they try to serve Jesus. All the pressure from their peers & the outside world!! This year I am super excited to be teaching High School Sunday School at Sonlight church. We had a GREAT first class and I am looking forward to this year with those kids!! Erich & Hannah Hebner arrived this week in Haiti!! I have known them for years.....they grew up in our home church! Neither of them have been to Haiti & really had no idea what to expect. I have laughed several times since they arrived just 5 days ago. Why laugh??? Well, because I hear the same thing from EVERYONE who visits Haiti!! Most of the time we hear phrases something like these......."WOW, Haiti is Nothing like I thought it would be! The people are so nice. I love the simple way of life here. Haiti is so Beautiful. Haiti is not scary like others say it is.....why do people say that?" - I truly just smile & say...."I have NO idea?" Most everyone who says things like that are not going off of personal experience at all. Most have never been to Haiti, especially Port-de-Paix & just have a fear of the unknown ....I truly do understand that. Don't get me wrong. Haiti is very poor & this alone is super hard to deal with & so sad, but it is not a scary place. At least where we live is not & for that I am thankful. I am even more thankful though that I walk in Freedom......FREEDOM IN JESUS that is! <3 I am so thankful that I do not have that spirit of fear!
We visited the kiddos at Hope Vision the day after Erich & Hannah arrived. They really enjoyed it!! Mr. Ron gave Erich a tour & showed him lots of things as Hannah & I played with the kids!! IT was GREAT!! We all enjoyed Thursday night Community Bible Study at The House of Moses too!! We have received several sweet encouraging emails this week!! THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SEND US A MESSAGE!! We love it!!! Thank you to those that are praying for our special prayer request that went out via email earlier in the week.. We feel the prayers & know God is going to do GREAT things!!!!
Hope you all had a fantastic week as well!!! Here are a few pictures for you to enjoy!!
Much Love from the Lipscomb crew!!!
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS!! Fedline, Rhode, Reginald, Dimitri, Baldine, Trecy!!
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