New Ventures

This past fall, a parent at our school got me involved somewhat with a program at our church called One Parent + Kids that is a program for single parent families. The mother that got me started is the Single Parent director at our church. It was such a blessing to come in contact with her because I have always felt like you can't just go to church on Sundays and be done, you have to be involved and doing God's work as well. The church that I attend is wonderful but it is HUGE. I just didn't quite know how to plug myself in. Well, after talking to Jennifer in the fall, she had me come to the OP+K program. It was already about half way over so they just used me wherever they could on a given Tuesday night. I enjoyed it but wanted to do more and be more plugged in to it. I went to a training yesterday to help with the spring semester and found out I will be teaching the 3rd and 4th grade group along with two other adults. I am really excited about it and am prayerful that God will help me to form meaningful relationships with these children and to become a Christian support in their lives over the 6 weeks we are together. Through this, I have also met the girl that leads the single women's Bible study on Wednesday nights. I have not gone yet because they are in the middle of a study but they are starting a new one in 3 weeks or so. I am praying for the courage to be able to join a new group of Christian believers as we grow in our knowledge of God. I get so shy about doing new things with people I don't really know but I think it will be worth my time if I can just have the courage to do it. I'm excited...I really feel like God is putting me in the right situations right now. I am hoping some of this will help me to know the answers to prayers right now such as where am I supposed to be next fall. I know God has a plan and a purpose for my life but sometimes having the patience to wait on that is the greatest test of faith.