October 20, 2013
Apparently my weekly ramblings haven’t put you all to sleep
yet, according to some feedback we received last week. Thank you all.
Last week was so strange; with the fall break and the
Convention with one day of school in the middle, it felt like we had four Saturdays
followed by a Friday. Peter Vasquez (www.2ndchancegrace.org) lodged here on
campus and shared with the students from Tuesday through Friday. Friday night
was his last message, and being weary from the “convention,” I didn’t want to
go, but I’m glad I did.
He started a short message, but as he was led by the Spirit,
he turned over the microphone to audience members who wanted to testify about
answered prayers or tell how they had come to Christ or share their burdens.
The first boy to the microphone was one of Roger’s students who said that
God had answered their prayers for a safe trip for the teachers. My newest
student, who I wasn’t even sure had a voice because he didn’t speak up in
class, told how he had become a Christian. With radiance on her face, a girl shared
how she was changed by Christ from being a bully and a failing student to being
a friend making good grades. (This one had earlier indicated to me that she was
unsure of her salvation, but she is now secure in Jesus’ love.) One of my other
girls opened up and told about her nephew’s death and how she thinks God
hates her. Pray hard for this one. She knows she is loved here, but she hasn’t
grasped the hand of the One who loves her the most. The children’s testimonies
were mixed in with those of other adults from the campus and the town. It was
an amazing meeting!
We
enjoyed the ACSI Nexus Live meetings in Flagstaff, and are still collecting our
notes and thoughts from the various speakers. I took a photo of our staff by
the pond at Flagstaff Christian School. But another story comes out of that: A
woman approached our principal, who was wearing his Sun Valley Indian School
shirt, and told him this story: There was a young man who attended our school
for one year and through the school became a follower of Jesus and was given a
Bible. A few years later, this teen was tragically killed in a car accident.
His father, seeking solace, found the boy’s school Bible and began reading it with
all its notes and underlinings, and he also put his trust in Christ.
We just don’t know how much time we will have
to influence these children, so pray that our efforts here will have an eternal
effect.
Parent conferences are coming up on Friday. We don’t know
these parents at all, and this could make for some awkward conferences. We pray
for the truth spoken in love and sensitivity to the parents’ needs as well as
the children’s.
As always, we appreciate you and your prayers.
The Everetts
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