Hello family and friends,
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| Christmas Carnival 2018!! |
Happy New
Year!!!!
Last month was a month of
giving, serving and being a blessing to others. My family and I did that by
hosting a Christmas carnival for kids who are underprivileged and from other
children’s homes. We started preparing for it from November and met up once a
week discussing and planning some more. It was so awesome to see everyone
working hard and doing it with so much joy. We had around 15 stalls where they could play games for prizes and get snacks. There were paddle boats and a big
pool where the kids could ride in. We also had a bouncy castle for the kids,It was definitely one of the best days of 2018! Some of the stalls were fish
for gifts, cake walk, magic mango tree, ring toss, balloon busters, decorate
your own cookies, tic tac toe, popcorn stall, face painting, a football shoot
out, story time
station,
and many more fun games . On 16
th
December, we woke up early to set the whole place and were fully ready for the
kids around noon.
The Kids arrived on
buses and we got to welcome and cheer them up. It was exciting to see all these
kids come in with joy and smiles so big. I had so much fun playing with them
and making them laugh. It was a HUGE blessing for me to be a part of this whole
carnival. I could see Jesus in my family and in the kids. There’s more joy in
giving and blessing others than receiving. God’s presence was tangible that
day.
Christmas is a
season for family too!! On Christmas Eve we had a big party with competitions,
games, and a huge dinner. We were divided into teams of three and the games
began. It had been a while since I had this much fun with the whole family. There
was laughter, noise, arguments competitiveness, trash talk, allies but more so
unity and love. We had a big dinner and
some last minute decorating for Christmas morning. On Christmas day, we woke up
early and had a short devotion with completing the advent story, prayer,
worship and finally the presents. Later that
morning we had service at church and family Christmas lunch. One of the
presents we got was a trampoline which is one of the best gifts. We spent most
of the day on the trampoline.
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| Deepika! |
For 2018, God has
shown himself to be my teacher and he still is. I can’t wait to see how and
what God is going to reveal himself to be for this next few months. For the
year 2019 I feel like God's telling me that this year is not about me but others in my life. My friends, family and the people I’m about to meet in YWAM. I'm
believing God for my friends this year. I have
two friends whom I’m really praying for. One’s my best friend since 6
th
grade and her name is Deepika.
She gave
her life to Jesus in 11
th grade and is still growing. I am so proud
of her and love her so much. I’m praying that
God would show her his commission and that she would be willing and
submitting to his calling. She’s talked to me about her dreams of her parents
acknowledging her as a Christian and lover of Christ but still standing in
doubt and confusion. I’m praying that God would lead her to tell them about
Jesus. The 2
nd friend wants to believe in Jesus but is still holding
on to the world. I’m praying that God would draw her to him and help her choose
him. I’ve been talking to both of them and truly believe that this year God
would change their lives completely.
Some prayer points:
1. Please pray for my friends.
2. Please
pray that God would give me wisdom to speak into their lives
3. Pray for
patience and endurance even when I
