Jul 12 2009

A Lot to Learn from Kids

Published by under Family Stuff

Preaching at Church

We have had the great privilege of speaking at our church here in Kenai this past week. We were the featured missionaries for the Vacation Bible School, and as such we got to come in front of the kids every night and share a little about what we do in as missionaries.

We were blown away by a lot this week, but non so much as how great of questions these kids had for us.

“How many people have you told about Jesus?”

“Is being a missionary fun?”

“How did you get started in missions?”

“Do you eat regular food?”

I would expect questions like these and others when we talk to adult groups, but these were coming from 4 -10 year olds. Amazing how much curiosity and drive these children have to reach people for Jesus.

The other thing that blew us away was their generosity. At the beginning of the week we put a goal up of $500 to raise towards missions. At the end of the 4th night (there were only 5 nights of VBS) the kids had brought about $198. The announcer, Adam, asked the kids, “do you think we can reach the $500 mark?” to which the honest group replied… “NOOOO!”

It was funny, but I will admit, I was right there with them. It was great to see the kids bringing in their dollars and change to the offering plate. Hopefully this is starting them on a journey of generosity and seeing God’s call fulfilled. But I thought we were going to be a bit short of the $500.

So there we were, the last night, closing ceremonies. It was time to see how much the kids had raised. The thermometer was on the stage, covered. As the cover lifted, it got close to the $500 mark.

And then, it reached it. $500. Wow. They did it.

But then…it raised a little more…and a little more.

$1,000. This is amazing.

But it didn’t stop.

There had been more red paper added.

Up and Up. $1,500…

And still going.

The red tape finally found it’s resting place.

Close to $1,900 dollars.

We stood in awe as the room exploded. We couldn’t believe it. They put in about $1,700 that night. We were stunned.

God burst my bubble that night. For a little while there, I had been believing in man instead of putting my hope in God, who can do above and beyond anything we can imagine.

Those kids helped me believe in a God of the impossible again.

So thank you kids. You have done more for this Christian then you will know.

-dane

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