Victoria's Leading a Small Group

I'm really proud of my daughter. She was asked by one of the ladies in our house fellowship if she'd consider leading a small group for the teenagers and pre-teens. Victoria very seriously prayed about it and enlisted prayer from several friends and family members before answering. She was really considering carefully whether she was qualified or able and whether this was what God was calling her to do.

After a week or so, she agreed to lead the group. This week, they had their first small group meeting. They talked about encouragement, wisdom and looked at Scripture regarding how God has used young people. They are all starting to keep journals and will be meeting weekly. Their parents report that they all really enjoyed it and are looking forward to meeting again next week. Victoria seems to have her own little discipleship group now.

It's exciting to see Victoria use her gifts to serve the Lord in this way.

Lessons from Joseph - Saving

Last week Pastor Rajesh Hans was sharing with me something that God has been teaching him from the life of Joseph. He said that Joseph stored up during the years of plenty so that there was enough during the years of famine. He said that he realized he too needed to save for when there's not enough.

Rajesh, like many pastors really struggles to get by on the meager offerings of his church members. Many of the church members earn less than $3 per day. We've hired him to record some Bible stories and now to oversee some of our small groups. This helps out financially, but he says now that he's earning some, he's really got to be disciplined like Joseph in order to have enough when lean times come.

Pray for Rajesh and other pastors to be good stewards of the resources God entrusts to them and to save for the years of famine.