Dear Prayer Partners,

To update you on Sharon Ohlin's progress:  She was able to send out a letter to the parents of the children at the school where she is currently teaching.  That was 40 families!  Please pray that God would give her favor in their eyes, and that many would commit to support her prayerfully and/or financially.  One of the teachers she works with just told her that she would like to support her financially.  Praise God.

Again, once all the paperwork at the mission is completed, she will be able to send out a letter to everyone who was on her mailing list back when she was last a teacher at the International School of Budapest, about 6 years ago.  Pray that this could be accomplished quickly. 

Thank you for standing with Sharon through your prayers!

1 Thessalonians 5:24 “Faithful is He who calls you, and Hewill also bring it to pass.” 

 

So, have you read this book?

 

 "That's a book for teens," you say.  "Why would I want to read that?"

I first heard about this book when I stumbled across the website www.therebelution.com.  Twin teens Alex and Brett Harris are motivating teens to fight the low expectations set for them by society and to do something great.

I'm half-way through the book and am finding it interesting on a number of different levels.  It does a great job of outlining the things that hold teens back.  It gives ideas of how to throw off these restraints.  And it gives examples of what "hard things" might look like.  It does all this within the context of examples from the lives of real teenagers.

But not only does this book help me understand teens and possibly how to encourage them, but I am finding applications for myself as well.

If you are ever held back by feelings of inadequacy or fear; or if you are tempted to fall back into a complacent attitude; or if you ever let the opinions of others decide what you will or won't do, then I think you'd be encouraged by this book...whether you're 15, 25, 65, or 105.

Many great quotes too, from teenagers, yes, and also from adults like Corrie ten Boom, Smith Wigglesworth, Theodore Roosevelt, and CH Spurgeon.  And remember...I'm only half-way through this. 

Buy this book.  Read it.  Then pass it on to a teen in your life. 

This is just to update you all on Sharon's progress.  She needs to raise her support within about 2-months' time.  Right now she has $145/mo raised of a $2000/mo need.  The support that has been raised so far is from people who have heard via word-of-mouth as Sharon hasn't been able to send out an appeal letter yet.  She must receive her official acceptance from United World Mission and an account number before she can send the letter out.  Thank you for your prayers for her.  Please continue to pray that UWM could process her acceptance and account number quickly, and that her letter would generate the support she needs.

What starts with...

Builds up to...

And ends with...

FAMILY FIELD DAY!!!

Chilly temperatures and rain were predicted by the local weather forecasters, but as you can see, the Lord gave us a glorious day for the year-end event at ICSB.

Thank you to Hannah Schnake, fellow UWMer and faculty member at the school, for these lovely photos. 

Hannah and Laurel:

Anthony at Tug-of-War:

Laurel did cartwheels as part of the Green Team's cheer:

Get Dressed Game:

Water Balloon Volleyball:

It was fun all day long.  By the end of it most everyone was either soaked from the waterballoons or sunburned or both.  It was a great day.