5th and 6th Grade at FBC Trimble

5th and 6th Grade at Beech Grove Viar

Wow! Its amazing how when you give up and give everything to God and let Him be in control...EVERYTHING changes and falls into place. God has only had to teach me this lesson 876525984357357397504320754 times! Because I'm a control freak!
Well my roommate and I talked for a long time last night. Our whole team is getting along great!
Then I had a wonderful time at VBS last night and this morning. I played with kids, loved on them, and came up with fun stuff to do when we had dead time. The Bible study time has been great. They are very attentive and ask questions. Its been great. I'm sad to leave the kids at FBC Trimble tomorrow. We have Track 5 Bible Study with them, VBS family day which is the program thing, then lunch with them in the morning. Then that afternoon/ night we head to Southside Baptist Church for VBS at night! I can't wait! After this week its off to Louisville for the SBC! Well I will update later :) Thank you for all of your prayers. Continue to pray that I have the opportunity to lead child to Christ. Pray for the children we are working with and will be working with that they will understand and come to know Him as their Savior and Lord. Pray also for our team. Thank you for your prayers once again.
:) Kacey.

Dear God, Show me why I am here. Give me strength and speak through me and use me. I give you my self-interest, my self-sufficiency, and my pride. I can't do this on my own, I need you, Father. In Jesus name. Amen.

I am not really sure why I am here, but I know God has a plan. I feel like our team isn't bonded as much as I expected. I feel like I'm not seeing any change, or anything happen. But then I was reminded by Scarlett to "Expect God to do what He wants to accopmlish through you and not what you want to accomplish." Which is a paraphrase of Isaiah 55:11. But Isaiah 55: 8-11 really spoke to me:
⁸ "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.

⁹ "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.

¹⁰ As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

¹¹ so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."

God is in control. And He has me here for a purpose. And even though I am no seeing results, I am planting seeds. And before anything can grow, seeds must be planted. God also taught me that I am the messenger. It is up to Him to change and save people. He has just called me to share and tell. So I said to God, "Here I am, your servant, use me. Use me how you want too and not how I think I should be used. For you are God."

So the rest of my summer I am going to remember to "Stop expecting something and expect nothing." and to "Expect God to do what He wants to accoomplish through me and not what I want to accomplish."

Along with all of this I got homesick yesterday. I talked to my grandma. And my aunt Joy called me. And Alissa got on the phone and told me how she had moved up to the preschool class and how she would graduate next year. And I told her I missed her. Then she said I miss you too. Then she said Kacey, I love you. And with tears pouring form my eyes I said I love you too. And that made me miss her so much.
But I know I am here for a purpose and I have to fully trust and rely on God.

I am reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan, and I love it. In chapter 5 it says to put the book down and read the 4 Gospels. I have never sat and read the four Gospels all the way through. Francis Chan says to read the words form Jesus's point of view and think about how He wants use to live and serve and love. I have done that and God has shown me so many wonderful things about Him. About how initmate Jesus and God's relationship is and how that very same God desires that kind of relationship with me and how I desire that. Not only does He desire that kind of relationship with me but He desires that kind of relationship with EVERYONE! Thats so amazing that He wants to know us so personally. I cannot wrap my mind around it. All I can do is surrender everything to Him and follow Him because that is what He deserves is ALL OF ME! God has also given me a hunger and a thrist for His word. I am the type of person who just wants to read a devotional - short story and a verse. But now I can't stop reading God's Word. I cannot put it down. And I have longed for that type of passion. I am so excited to have it. God's Word is truly amazing and so powerful and full of life and I could go on and on. I am def. falling in love with my Creator more and more. And its so amazing.

Well thats about everything. Oh I forgot about VBS...last night was great we talked about worship. And I had one of my kids tell me her memory verse. Our verse is 1 John 4:9 God's love was revealed among us in this way. God sent His One and Only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. And yes I did that from memory. I am having fun teaching VBS. And results or no results God is at work and seeds are being planted.

I will update soon.

Please continue to pray for the children at FBC Trimble, for me, for our team, and anything else.
Thank you for all your prayers.
:) Kacey.

FBC - Trimble

We are at FBC Trimble this week until Sunday afternoon. I love it, but its super busy. I have 17 fifth and sixth graders. They are such amazing kids. They are very energetic too. Some of them don't know much about the Bible, but they are so eager to learn and know more. They are def. searching and it seems as if some are close to wanting to accept Christ. They are all in different places in their journey, but they all want to know more and want more. So please pray for these kids this week. Pray that God will use me and speak through me to these preteens. I want Him to move me out the way and for Him to speak and guide me and my words and my thoughts. Pray also for our team and that we will all get along and everything. Pray for the team also as we lead music, missions, Bible study, help with rec and crafts too. Also as we lead the worship rally. Just pray that the kids will understand and ask questions and maybe even accept Him as their Savior and Lord. That is my greatest concern and my biggest prayer request is that we point them to Jesus and that they learn and want to follow Him. Thank you for all your prayers :)

Beech Grove Viar

Today we passed out flyers in Southside Baptist Church Neighborhoods. We will start their VBS next Sunday night. Well our first VBS is over. I will miss the kids. They were so much fun and even taught me how to play football. I love the vbs theme and the music. Its great. This stuff is so much fun. We had one little boy make a decision for Christ but it wasn't at VBS it was at home Sunday night. :) Tomorrow we start a 5 day VBS at Trimble Baptist Church. Its a little bigger and I can't wait! Continue to pray for the children we will work with. Pray that if they haven't decided to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior that soon they will if they are ready. Pray for boldness, courage, strength, and rest. I'm also getting a little homesick, but it will pass. I know I am here for a reason, and God has something GREAT planned. He has already shown me that it doesn't matter if someone makes a decision all that matters is that we are planting seed and loving on children. And thats what we are supposed to is love them like Jesus. :) Well I will update soon. Thank you for your prayers :)

First VBS - Beech Grove Viar

WOW!!! I LOVE SUMMER MISSIONS! I WILL DEFINITELY DO THIS UNTIL THEY WON'T LET ME ANYMORE! :)
Tonight we kicked off VBS at Beech Grove Viar. Now I'm from a big church and used to hundred of kids at VBS and this was completely different for me and actually out of my comfort zone a little. We had 17 kids...preschool to juniors in highschool. EXTREMELY SMALL CHURCH! and i only had 4 5th and 6th graders. It was def. out of my comfort zone to teach that small of a group but the kids are great. They are 3 boys and one girl. Well the boys wanted to go outside and play football so I told them if yall pay attention and interact and understand the lesson we will. They were great and we had a great Bible Study and they asked A LOT of questions and I could tell they are growing and learning and understanding. :) So when we finished I held up my end of the deal. I, yes me Kacey, went outside learned how to play two hand touch football in 30 seconds and next thing you know I passing, running, almost made a touchdown, and I played two hand touch and stopped 2 of the guys. :) It was a blast and I can't wait until tomorrow. I love the music for VBS - its amazing! I am so excited for all God has in store. This morning we went to Enon Baptist Church which is where Stan my supervisor for the summer is preaching as the iterim. I was in a completely different world than Hilldale thats for sure and was a little uncomfortable then realized that God doesn't care if I'm comfortable, He wants me to worship and serve Him NO MATTER WHAT! This cute little country church had 35 people and I sang out of a hymal which I haven't done since I was like 7 or 8. And yes we sang all 4 verses of every song which I have probably only done about 5 times in my life. Because normally we sing the 1st and last or 1st and 3rd. But I loved singing all 4. It was def. a change and a growing experience. Please keep our team and more importantly the kids we will encounter in your prayers. I also would like you to keep praying that I have the opportunity to lead a child to Christ this summer.
Thank you for your prayers :)
<3 Kacey

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. Titus 2:11-14

God showed me this in my quiet time today. And to me it sums up what we are supposed to do and how God has given us the tools to do this and shown us how. I love these verses.