This afternoon the girl's club started again. It has been almost two months we didn't had it. Holidays and festivals in July lead to this. Actually I wanted to go there this week to invite the girls back, but school and family kept me busy. Then, Wednesday, I got an email from one of my fellow workers. She can do a training for her job, what means she has to stop with the girl's club for the next one and a half years.
No good conditions for the new start: No chance to invite the girls because of my busy schedule and one helper less (two of us are left). And an encouraging statement of someone about the girl's club being something on the fringes. Plus me being really tired this afternoon after a whole day at school.
So the question arose: is it worth it? Does God still want us to do it? I am so tired by the end of the week and it would feel so comforting and relaxing to think I just can stay here on my couch for the rest of the day... I streched out on my couch and, half asleep already, I started to pray. It could be that no one would show up at five. These girls have a very short attention span, so how can they remember for two months? So I would take it as a sign to stop the girl's club if nobody would show up. I would do it with grief and not easily, though.
Few minutes before five my fellow workers were already there, eager and happy to meet the girls. We went up into our room, Bounty strolling around, looking for the girls. Five past five. We started to talk about what to do if nobody would show up. Six past five. Bounty seemed to hear something, he got into attention mode. One girl rushed up the stairs, afraid she would be too late. Seven past five, Bounty again in attention mode, three more girls coming. Ten past five the older girls showed up, telling us they would rush home and then come back. They did. We ended up with 14 girls!
I told my fellow workers afterwards about my prayer. I could tell by the look of their faces they never would give up the girl's club. Those girls are so worth it! Please, pray with us for another women to help out. Pray with us that we can start again to put Jesus in the focus of each of our meeting. Pray for strength, creativity and just to be awake again on Friday evenings.
God loves those girls! Each single one is so precious to Him. And if it had been for the one who came in first tonight - God does count different anyway. He doesn't count one - two - three, He counts one - one - one. The kind of math I really like.
1 comments:
Amen, Sis!
Ich muss an eines unserer Gespräche denken das wir in deinem Auto geführt haben. Ich weiß nicht mehr welche bekannte Person es war, aber es ging darum, dass eine Frau irgendwas eingestellt hat, weil nur ein Kind kam. Und es ging darum, dass ein Kind es wert ist da zu sein...
Bei mir sind die üblichen Verdächtigen im MC (D&Z) - und ich bin immer mal wieder am Nachdenken. Für viele scheint es sich nicht zu lohnen für meistens zwei Mädels. Aber dann sehe ich, wie viel in den beiden schon passiert ist seit sie im MC sind. Und ich hoffe und bete, dass noch viel mehr passieren wird. Die beiden sind es jedenfalls wert, sich die Zeit zu nehmen.
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