"Week 3..."

2-16-08

Hello Again!

Thank you to those of you who were praying for our class last week! We were able to get through it and learn so much. This week was very busy, however, a little slower than last week. We had a lot of reading to do as well as making song visuals and object lesson visuals. I’m not liking reading so much in such a little amount of time, but it’s great material that I can go back to later. I also enjoyed learning how to make visuals properly and didn’t realize how easy it was to make my own!

This weekend will be packed with writing a 10 page defense paper and doing some more reading and trying to catch up on sleep! We are writing a paper this coming week about our defense on the ability for a young child can accept Christ as their personal Savior. I hope to share some of that when I’m finished and I would love to hear what you all think!

I hope you all are having a great week and I hope to hear from you soon!

Love and Miss You,

Steph

"Week 2...Sorry it's so late!"

Hello from Missouri!

Week two is almost over and I still have a lot of work to finish! Like I said in the last blog, this week was very emotionally draining! We learned about the abused child (mentally, physically, emotionally, sexually) and how to look for signs of abuse and how to get help for that child. We also learned about different religions and how to minister to kids with different religious backgrounds while still teaching them to respect their families. I was also able to take an elective class on Teaching Preschoolers and it's amazing how much I've learned through this class!

The Teaching Preschoolers class was wonderful and so much fun. We were taught to teach at a preschoolers understanding without sugar coating the Gospel or leaving out important details like the blood of Jesus! Praise God for allowing me to learn so much in such a little amount of time!!!

In the other two classes, we learned how to minister to children from different religious backgrounds and kids that were abused in different ways. It broke my heart to read and hear about children that are not being taught and shown TRUTH. I encourage you all to educated yourselves on issues that children face and how to help those in need. Are we really just sitting around, when we can see that a child is suffering in innocence!? Many say “Well, it’s none of my business,” or “I can’t do anything, I wouldn’t know who to tell.” Well, I would urge those people to DO SOMETHING, and actually LOOK for answers. This is my soapbox J

Well, to finish, I am having an amazing time here even though the weather is different every single day….60 degrees one day, 10 below the next! I am so thankful for all of your prayers and I am praying that God blesses you for your faithfulness. I love and miss you all and I hope to hear from you soon!

Finishing Week One....

These are some pictures of my room and the girls t.v. lounge! I had to add some of my own decorations but it's pretty cozy! I hope to have some better pictures next weekend.....

Finishing Week One....

Hey everyone!

This week was very difficult but it was great!!! There was so much information each day and really drained me but I learned so so much! Everyone here is great and the instructors have so much to share with us! The teaching here is very solid and I love finally learning about what I know God has called me to be! His blessings are abundant here and I am so thankful that I get to share it with you all!

This week we had 3 practicums to complete and I passed all of them!!! Two A's and a B!!!! God is good!!! Our practicums are basically evaluations by the instructors about what we have learned! So this week we learned how to teach a memory verse, a Bible lesson and how to share the Wordless Book! Once we learn the new material we have to do it ourselves in front of the instructor and two other students for the evaluation. Needless to say I was very nervous but made it through.

It's amazing to think about how little I knew about leading a child (or adult) to Christ. And I am excited to learn so much more. This coming week we are learning more about issues that may arise with children such as disabilities, home life situations and hard subjects that we need to know as we go into ministry. We won't have any practicums but I will have a lot of reading to do and I've heard that this week will be emotionally draining. Please pray that God breaks our hearts but gives us the ability to do well on our assignments!

I hope you are all doing well and I can't wait to hear from you!
I love you all and I will update more next weekend!

Blessings from Missouri,
Steph