The last two weeks since my last update have been all kinds of craziness! We finished up Summer Kids Club at New Life Fellowship and it was a smashing success. Two of the little girls in my 4 and 5 year old class gave their hearts to Jesus! So thankful! Also, many of the parents heard the gospel for the first time at the kid's concert on the last day. Last week was PILAT week. This is where the missionaries learned some linguistic skills that will help them to more quickly learn the languages of the countries they are going to after CCMI. What this meant for the interns was that we took care of the kiddos for each of the sessions, 9-12:30 and 2-4:30. These made for some long, but rewarding days. Being with the infants, sometimes it is hard to see my immediate impact on the children. But, when their moms tell us how much their minds are put at ease because they know their kids are in excellent hands gives me complete confirmation in the importance of diaper changing and nap administering.
I'm also learning a lot about myself. One thing is that I'm much stronger than I thought I was. If you had asked me a year ago about living for a month, away from family and friends, in New York City, I would have told you that there was no way I could do it. I mean NYC is a big scary place and is constantly busy all the time. Miss Sara needs her wide open spaces and quiet time. Instead, Phillipians 4:13 has taken on a very real meaning to me this month. "I can do all things through him who strengthens me." No, seriously. ALL THINGS! Craziness!
A couple of prayer requests. I'm have been recovering from a pretty nasty cold and some of the other interns and missionary families have been dealing with sickness as well. So prayer for health and general well being. Another is that with only a few short days left we'll start saying goodbye to the missionary kids we've cared for and bonded with. Please pray that they would have smooth transitions in their new homes.
Looking forward to seeing you all again soon!
Blessings,
Sara
P.S. I'm trying to upload my picture to Facebook quickly, but I've taken a lot of pictures. :)
Monday, July 23, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
Week 1
This past week was so busy it flew by before I knew what happened! We interns all met last Sunday and now it feels like I've known everyone for ages.
We are responsible for caring for the missionaries children every afternoon while we are here. I'm in the infant room with two other interns and we have eight little ones to watch. Some days have felt pretty overwhelming as some of them have never been left by mom and dad in a nursery setting before and all of them have had their routines completely upended. By Friday most of them had adjusted very well.
Tuesday we went to the church I am serving at this month and met the missionaries from the conference I are serving with. New Life Fellowship is a large non-denominational church in Elmhurst, NY (a part of Queens). The majority of the people that live around the church are Chinese and Hispanic. Here we are working in the toddler nursery in Sunday mornings and working with the 4 and 5 year olds at Summer Kids Club. I have also gotten to learn so much about what long term missions looks like. I even got to go out into the community around the church to do some of their cross cultural exercises with them!
I've also gotten to do fun stuff too. On the Fourth of July we spent the afternoon in Washington Square Park and then went to a picnic in Central Park with everyone attending the CCMI conference. Also this week, we took the Staten Island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty and the 9/11 Memorial for the men and women from there who lost their lives that day.
Please keep me in your prayers over the coming weeks. Specifically that I would have lots of energy this week as I help with Summer Kids Club at the church and then work with the babies at the CCMI conference in the afternoons. Also for the neighborhood children that are coming to Summer Kids Club and hearing the Word for the first time.
Here are some pictures that I took today at New Life.
More updates and pictures coming soon!
We are responsible for caring for the missionaries children every afternoon while we are here. I'm in the infant room with two other interns and we have eight little ones to watch. Some days have felt pretty overwhelming as some of them have never been left by mom and dad in a nursery setting before and all of them have had their routines completely upended. By Friday most of them had adjusted very well.
Tuesday we went to the church I am serving at this month and met the missionaries from the conference I are serving with. New Life Fellowship is a large non-denominational church in Elmhurst, NY (a part of Queens). The majority of the people that live around the church are Chinese and Hispanic. Here we are working in the toddler nursery in Sunday mornings and working with the 4 and 5 year olds at Summer Kids Club. I have also gotten to learn so much about what long term missions looks like. I even got to go out into the community around the church to do some of their cross cultural exercises with them!
I've also gotten to do fun stuff too. On the Fourth of July we spent the afternoon in Washington Square Park and then went to a picnic in Central Park with everyone attending the CCMI conference. Also this week, we took the Staten Island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty and the 9/11 Memorial for the men and women from there who lost their lives that day.
Please keep me in your prayers over the coming weeks. Specifically that I would have lots of energy this week as I help with Summer Kids Club at the church and then work with the babies at the CCMI conference in the afternoons. Also for the neighborhood children that are coming to Summer Kids Club and hearing the Word for the first time.
Here are some pictures that I took today at New Life.
More updates and pictures coming soon!
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