One of my favorite parts about my job is the opportunity we have to expose our students to different cultural experiences. We took them to the Hartville Flee Market and they were in awe! We gave them each two dollars a piece to spend on whatever they liked. I was surprised that the majority of the girls actually spent their two dollars on things that they knew they would need for the winter. Many of the girls bought a blanket, gloves, or a winter hat.
The next adventure was off to a corn maize. The one we went to was 8 football fields long. They were again amazed by it all. The maize offered different games and clues that you could play throughout. The girls were relentless about finding all 35 clues, which was a lot of walking! But they LOVED it more than I could have every thought! We then took a tractor ride, which provided a some down time for intentional conversations. Kaitlynn* is a student who I have been investing in for about a year now. She started attending church last winter and was inconsistent until recently. As of lately, I have seen a pretty significant change in her life. I told her that I have noticed she has been attending church recently and asked her what made her decided to do that. She proceeded to tell me that something happened last January to her and she knew she really needed Jesus. She went on to tell me how recently she decided to be all in!! SHE’S A FOLLOWER! I am so excited and glad I get to be apart of her faith journey. I can tell that God is doing a work within her heart and it’s beautiful. The conversation allowed many of the other girls to open up and talk about struggles and the churches they have attended in the past.
It was such a great weekend with the girls. Looking forward to what God is going to do through the conversations that were had plus the level of trust and vulnerability that was built of the weekend. Please pray for Kaitlynn that God would guard her heart and mind as she begins this new journey. Pray for the leaders that attended that we would be bold in having follow up conversations.
*Name changed for privacy.
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