Day 31: Coulda Sworn I Posted Yesterday

But I guess not. 

Wednesday was good! We made some tuna pasta mayonnaise stuff for H@ngout. I spilled mango juice on myself. There were games and good conversations. Here's the IG Post. I spent some time last night working on my teaching. I think it's almost ready, but I don't think I am. 

Today was Thursday, which means CDI. I realized about 1:30 AM that I was responsible for the devotional today. Also, I set my alarm for the wrong day, but fortunately, got up anyway. 

The CDI day went really well! We had a small group in the morning and a BIG group in the afternoon. Jeikol was really good today. He was gentle and attentive. Please keep praying for him and whatever's going on in his life. 

The devotional for the small group was ok. They were a little young to track with the concepts deeply, but I think the idea of respecting authority sunk in a little more. The second group was much more involved and invested. We were able to talk a little bit about authority and respect and obedience. We talked about King Saul and how David didn't kill him when he had the chance, because Saul was the Lord's anointed. Our memory verse is Romans 13:1. It's a big topic to tell kids (or really anyone) that Every Authority has been established by God himself and that we are to always respect them and submit ourselves to them. How do you have that conversation with kids who have possibly abusive adults floating around in their lives? 

We said that although authority is always from God, sometimes people try to use it for bad. We played a game where the "king" or "queen" had certain commands they could give. If they gave a command and someone didn't obey, there would be a consequence. However, if they gave a command that was outside of the bounds of their authority, the other kids didn't have to obey it, though they had to be polite and respectful about how they declined. I don't know if it'll stick, but we gave it a go. 

Tonight, we had a party at Esther's house - in part for fun and in part to say bye to Sheryl (who heads home tomorrow) and in part to eat Honduran food. It was a lot of fun! The food was so good and there was a lot of laughing.

I FEEL NERVOUS ABOUT TOMORROW

PRAYER PLEASE
-for Sheryl to have a safe trip home
-for my teaching to be what God would have it be
-for our H@ngout friends
-for the CDI kids!
-for the church here to be deeply blessed
-for God's provision