On Monday Nights

Christina — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:28:39 +0000

During my time here at the Hood, I’ve been involved in a ministry geared toward the girls living in our community. We get together once a week with activities and a Bible study. The girls love it.

Every September, before TGF starts up for the school year, I ask myself if I should be involved again. I weigh all that is on my “plate” and eventually decided that pulling away from the girls is far worse then being too busy. Every year I’m grateful I made the decision to stick with it.

I’ve been involved with this ministry for four years and this past semester I’ve had the privilege of organizing it. I’ve watched some of these girls grow up into young women. I’ve seen them change before my eyes. I have learned so much from them and through these experiences. I’ve blogged about one of them here.

Last night was our last “Monday Night” of the school year. We always end the year with a banquet and invite the parents. Last night was no different and a grand time was had by all. Several things stuck me throughout the night:

- I have had some fantastic help this semester.
- Those girls are terribly sweet. They also have some terribly sweet parents.
- This is my last TGF ever. Wow.

So in honor of the girls and the leaders, I’ll give you a taste of what Monday’s look like for us. This is the slideshow we showed at the banquet last night.

Sweet tooth – a fondness for foods that are sweet.

Christina — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:49:53 +0000

Last Sunday, my discipler came up to me and said that she’s felt some conviction concerning myself and my lack of disciplined lifestyle, and that she’s going to challenge me in some areas and expects me to comply. She obviously said it in more words that I’ve taken to describe here and with more tact, but you get the point.

The plan is to work through some specific challenges each week and reward ourselves only if the ENTIRE challenge is completed. So we’re doing it together, but she gets to come up with the challenge. If she let me come up with the challenge, if would be somewhere along the lines of, “drink coffee every day and leave your room in shambles until it disgusts you.”

The Challenge:

-You’re allowed two desserts this week, choose wisely.

-Exercise twice, for 30 minutes each. If you exercise three times, you earn another shot at dessert.

-Pray every day that the Lord will help you love Him more and more.

-Pray for a different missionary every day. Use specific prayer requests from the missionary calendar.

-Read through the book of Hebrews. Twice.

-Pick someone who’s especially hard to love and pray for them every day. Find a way this week to do some kind of sacrificial good deed for that person.

So the biggest challenge so far has been the no desserts part. Not that I have dessert after dinner every night, but some types of snacks fall into this too and I have a serious sweet tooth. The hood’s homemade granola bar is amazing, but I can no longer have a tiny bit of it every morning. Or after lunch. Or mid-afternoon.

To help curb the sweet tooth, I’ve picked up a liking to chewing gum. It helps a lot even when I don’t have someone holding my taste buds accountable. So, I’ve clearly picked an excellent week to run out of gum. I never run out of gum, but I did this week. How irresponsible of me.

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On Monday Nights

Sweet tooth – a fondness for foods that are sweet.