SO this morning was my first day volunteering.
I was placed in the grade 1+2 split class.
Definitely not in my comfort zone, but God has been placing me out of my comfort zone for so long now, being comfortable is starting to feel uncomfortable.
Anyways this was a catholic elementary school and they happened to have mass today.
It was a new experience I must say. It felt extremely awkward as they were praying to Mary 0.o
I also did not understand half the ritualistic things they did or even what they meant. All I heard was a lot of monotonous chanting like robots.
and I wondered... where was God?
Anyways I decided to go hangout with the kids during recess much to my teacher's surprise. They all jumped me as soon as they saw me. LOL
It felt nice. When the kids are in their school environment, it makes it easy to tell how much they love going to camp. Its like home to them a sorta church.
The difficulty we're having right now are with the highschoolers who have gone through are program and come back to visit while struggling through tough times. The good thing is that they remember the love of this place and come back to it but the bad thing is: We don't have a highschool ministry, making it impossible to care for them in the way they need. We help set the foundation but....after that its in God's hands really.
Imagine what a huge difference the church would make if they opened their doors for 2 hours everyday after school to students around their area?
When I think of MCBC doing this I can see so many lives being transformed in a real way. I can see whole high schools changed for God.
Unbelievable things would start happening.
"Suburban Promise"
