Tico Tuesday, May 21st

It came! The long awaited start of the 2013 AWANA season finally came! Sunday morning we had a special service and ceremony at the Bible Home to celebrate the beginning of AWANA this year. I'm helping out in our Sparks club once more, and am looking forward to building relationships with these 4 sweeties and sharing God's truth and love with them and helping them not just hide God's Word in their hearts, but understand it and encourage them to put it into practice every day. I was working with 2 of these kiddos in manual time, and they had to memorize the Sparks key verse, John 3:16. I asked them what the verse was about, and they weren't able or willing to say anything. So, I got to explain the verse to them, piece by piece. They both say they've accepted Jesus as their Savior, but I'm not sure they really understand what it means to have a relationship with Jesus. Please pray for them, and pray for me as I work with these kids.

I have another prayer request too. The Roblealto-wide camp for moms is coming up May 31-June 2. While the moms are at camp, we have cuido, a sort of mini-camp for the children of these mothers. I was originally going to go to the camp with the moms, but Carmen, the Christian Ed. coordinator/mom camp director, called me the other week and asked me to help out at the cuido instead and take charge of Christian education there. It turns out this means I have to prepare 2 30-minute devotionals, plus 3 90-minute Bible lessons on Abraham. There are going to be about 40 kids there, ranging from 1 year to 11. I feel capable of doing this (thank God he qualifies the called!), and am very honored that Carmen believes I can do a good job, but am definitely feeling the weight of this big responsibility. Please pray for everything to come together and go well. I'm excited to see what God will do in that weekend!
Thanks so much!
Love,
Carrie