Steven has accepted the Lord's call and became the 5th & 6th grade Sunday School teacher. He has been battling the feeling of needing and wanting to do more for quite some time. He just could never receive an answer. So when Ashley and Josh were talking about needing more teachers and that the 5th and 6th graders were open, Steven said God spoke to his heart and told him to "take it". Steven described the feeling to me as having tremendous pressure, so much that he couldn't catch his breath....until he said to himself, "Okay, I'll take it." He made the announcement Wednesday night. And he is so excited! He has so many ideas going crazy in his head. He is going to do a great job. However, you know how the devil works and he is already planting negativity. Things like... How can I be a Sunday school teacher when I have never attended Sunday school a day in my life? What if the kids don't like me? What was I thinking, I can't teach those kids anything. I barely understand it myself? We all know how deceiving Satan can be, especially at a time like this, so please pray for him. God continually pours out His annointing on Steven. You can see it all around him. I know that he is going to do great and mighty things. This is only the beginning.
As a family, we stand in awe of the amazing things God is doing for us. Just last weekend, Kalyn had a friend spend the night. The junior drama team was doing a drama in the morning service. Haley was planning to attend church with us. I needed to get to church early in order to prepare, so we didn't have much time that morning. But Kalyn came up to me and asked "Can I show Haley our drama? She wants to do it with us." I said " Yes, Kalyn, but you will have to hurry." As I secretly watched from behind her bedroom door, Our Kalyn ministered to her friend. She had no idea I was watching and listening. She taught Haley that entire drama (that our class had been working on for weeks) in a matter of minutes. It was simply amazing. Words can not describe how I felt at that moment.
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I am really proud of Steven for accepting the call to 5th and 6th graders. Wow! Did you know that the owner of Chick-fil-A has taught that age group of boys in his church for like 20 something years? Maybe Steven will become an awesome fried chicken cook, now. :) Anyway, I think that not ever going to Sunday School could have some advantages, because he will not have any preconceived notions of what it is supposed to be like and will be able to be more creative. Kalyn is so awesome!! I'm telling you, God is already using this girl to do His work. I can't wait to see what else He has in store for her.
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