Hey!This is Marissa from Team 4!
I get the honour of writing the blog this week and sharing with you some of the continued goodness that is happening in Wetaskiwin.
A few weeks ago, Erica and I began Glass Alabaster. Glass Alabaster is a women’s chastity group for girls in grades 9-12 that meets every Wednesday night. On our first night we only had one young lady show up. We were a bit discouraged, and couldn’t figure out how to get more women out. You see, in Wetaskiwin we seem to be getting more men to our Life Nights.
There is an abundance of men at our events but we are having trouble finding the beautiful ladies of the community. I am simply delighted that the men in Wetaskiwin are rising up, and choosing to follow Christ. Our hope is that the men would begin to bring out their women friends to our events.
For our second Glass Alabaster meeting it was getting late and it seemed like no one was coming. We were surprised to see two girls show up for the night. I really enjoyed the night! We had a talk on being a Bride of Christ and even made wedding dresses out of toilet paper. By the third night we were getting more confident in having a few young women out. We ended up having six young women show up! I could not believe my eyes and I was secretly dancing with joy when they weren’t looking (seriously). Last week we had a movie night and a whopping 9 girls came!!!
It seems that every time I doubt God and the work He is doing, He gently shows me that He has things under control. It’s so easy to become discouraged if things are not going the way you had planned. I’ve come to realize that God’s plan is way better and more exciting than any plan of my own.
Say a quick prayer for all the young women in Wetaskiwin that God would touch their hearts and put a desire into their hearts to come out to our Women’s Group
Godspeed,
For our second Glass Alabaster meeting it was getting late and it seemed like no one was coming. We were surprised to see two girls show up for the night. I really enjoyed the night! We had a talk on being a Bride of Christ and even made wedding dresses out of toilet paper. By the third night we were getting more confident in having a few young women out. We ended up having six young women show up! I could not believe my eyes and I was secretly dancing with joy when they weren’t looking (seriously). Last week we had a movie night and a whopping 9 girls came!!!
It seems that every time I doubt God and the work He is doing, He gently shows me that He has things under control. It’s so easy to become discouraged if things are not going the way you had planned. I’ve come to realize that God’s plan is way better and more exciting than any plan of my own.
Say a quick prayer for all the young women in Wetaskiwin that God would touch their hearts and put a desire into their hearts to come out to our Women’s Group
This past week we had our Supervisor visit with Ian and Sarah. We went to Lacombe (an hour away from Wetaskiwin) to put on a retreat for grade 7 and 8’s, spent Sunday night playing dodge ball in our 80’s get up for our Life Night, and we even had great swap lunches ( The ladies went with Ian and the men went with Sarah. We had a chance to ask our supes about anything). Our supervisors encouraged us to keep on giving our all into the ministry until the end, and we as a team are ready to give all we have, and then a bit more.
Godspeed,
Marissa
Team 4
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