The things we had prepared were nice, but not really the taste we wanted to leave in the students' mouths for the rest of the year. We wanted them to dream big, and to catch a vision for missions, and it was only by the Lord's hand that we were able to accomplish just that the next morning. He gave us the words to say, and by the end of chapel, kids were coming up to us asking more about our plans and telling stories of their own adventures in other countries.
This was a great chance to share with kids what we will be up to, because most of our meetings have been with aduts. We're more accustomed to working with youth anyway as evidenced by this picture of Lifegate students over at our house for a pizza/game night, with Jake in the middle, stuffing his face full of chocolate while wearing ski mittens in a frantic game called Menonite Madness.
Our meetings with adults have been going very well also. Last week we presented our vision in front of about 25 Lifegate parents, and the Lord brought in over $3000 in that one night alone. As of this morning, we have raised $20,015 toward our goal of $68,000. Thank you Lord!
