Our heavenly Father continues to
do a good work in us, transforming us into His image. This year’s theme at ECA
is Service. What does it mean to serve? What is our attitude to be in serving?
Who and how are we to serve? All these questions are what we will be addressing
throughout the year. As it turns out, God is teaching us a lot about service as
well, both at home and at school.
At school we have taken on roles
to serve the needs of the school and students. Without a principal for the
first month of school, Steve stepped in temporarily to fill many of those
responsibilities. We both decided to serve as small group leaders and advisers for the new 9th grade class. One of the girls in that class is
currently undergoing treatments for leukemia. So we are learning how to balance
service toward someone in need and not making them feel like a “special case”
which many young adolescents fear to experience. Please pray for discernment
and grace as we attempt to help this class navigate cancer while honoring and serving
one another. We took advantage of a holiday weekend by having after school
activities with our new group of students. Steve was able to have a great
spiritual conversation with 2 of the guys after going paintballing. Please pray
that the small groups this year will be a tool for the Holy Spirit to actively
work in the lives of the 9th grade students. This past month has
been somewhat of a difficult transition of routines and discerning how to
balance personal devotions, marriage, parenting, school tasks, and connecting
with new students and teachers. Please pray that we will be able to find a
healthy balance of home and ministry.
This next month includes staff
retreat and High school fall retreat. Please pray that God will use these
events to bring unity to the staff and revival to the High School.
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