Day 6: HBC - Day 2

1 Thessalonians 2:4, "But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts."

After just getting back to the Annabella B&B from hearing some traditional Irish music, it is good to reflect over the day we had today...

At Holiday Bible Club we had a total of 134 today, and that was with at least 20+ children from yesterday that could not attend today (so we might have our hands full in the coming days!). Having 50+ children in two of our classes and almost 30 in the oldest class has been a stretch, but our team is working hard and doing a fantastic job! We haven't had any major issues thus far, and the weather has held out enough for us to do outdoor activities... pray that this would continue!

Over the last couple years, the dismissal of the children has always been the most difficult and chaotic, so this area has had the most attention and focus. We want to make sure the parents can completely trust us to get their children to them properly and orderly. The Mallow Bible Fellowship leaders have done a great job strategizing in this area, and now we are just working out the plan and making adjustments and tweaks together. This is extremely important, so please be praying with us about this area!

As expected, we've seen God working as well as the enemy working in our midst. We have had more opportunities to explain the gospel than ever before, and the enemy doesn't like this at all. Please pray that our team would continue to be humble, selfless servants toward the children and each other and 100% united in our common mission of speaking and living out the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to the children. We need to make sure each of us has the mindset of Philippians 2:3-8:

"3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."

All for His glory!
-Stephen