Kids for Christ

Happy Summer ALL!
I hope that the heat or your kids being out of school isn't killing you! :)  To wrap up July, I wanted to share a few stories that absolutely stole my heart - both very personal and dear to me.  Last June, I was able to spend a week in Swaziland, Africa where we visited a care point. The carepoint feeds and takes care of about 300 or more children daily.  It is ran by the GOGOs (grandmothers) and a mission team.  This team includes two couples from my church that reside there permanently and other missionary families.  They have the awesome responsibility of feeding these children spiritually and physically on a daily basis.

On my trip, I was able to love on these kiddos and provide clothing and food.  We also were able to participate in music, bible stories, and games and some of our team provided medical treatment to those in need.  I forever will be changed by what I saw and what I felt.

Living on mission has the potential to impact lives around us.....like two little precious girls named Lola and Pearl (age 7 and 5) who organized a "Carwash for Swaziland".  They, for the past two years, have had a carwash locally in their hometown to raise money for the kids in Africa.  I just love the pictures below showing how children are serving and making a big impact at such a young age.

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.  1 Timothy 4:12

The verse above says "but set an example".  What joy must come their parents hearts to know that because of their example their kiddos are following suit.  It also encourages me in my walk and to wonder - what is MY example?  What I teach isn't enough, but my actions must follow.

During VBS this year our church was raising money for missions in Belize and Swaziland.  This story makes my heart happy!  The kids were asked to bring in their loose change/allowance to raise money for the 2 ministries.  During this week I had asked my kids when they wanted to set up a lemonade stand for some "summertime fun".  With great excitement and eagerness my two oldest wanted to do it right away and give all the money they made to VBS that week.  So we did just that.  No time to plan, (no NEED to plan) we just set up a table and prayed.  Prayed together that God would bless a cheerful heart.

You can get this cute sign over at
http://thecraftingchicks.com/2012/07/lemonade-stand-printables.html

I am always amazed at what God can do with a quarter.  He has the abilities to make that sucker's value a whole lot more than twenty five cents.

Although those two events made money it taught our kids as well as us alot more than the "art of making money".  

We learned a lot about God that day and who He is in our daily lives!




I would love to hear your stories and see your pictures of any activities that your families did through "Christmas in July" or this summer in general.  Please share them on Facebook!
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