Yes I know its about time! I will be sending out my fall newsletter within the next week so if you would like to recieve one please email me your current mailing address. This newsletter will contain a first ever DVD update! I'm really excited to send you each some mail but I cant do it without you. So run to your email editors and hit compose, RIGHT NOW! Send your mailling info to lindsay.arbour@gmail.com and you will get this new and exciting package.
I would love to tell you more about what I've been up to but that would just ruin the whole idea of me sending you mail now wouldn't it!
Happy Holloween!
BElla
Hello everyone...
So I'm home for the weekend, hurray for Thanksgiving! Today camp was so fun, but it has been fun for the past two weeks too.
I know I'm doing something right when my kids come to camp early looking through the fridge for milk or offering to peel potatoes for dinner. It may seem like an odd way to measure the success of a ministry, but for me this is what it's all about. When my kids come to camp they feel at home. They are safe and happy, what more can we want for any child? Oh and they're learning too. These past two weeks they learned about transparent, translucent, and opaque objects, Claude Monet, and the Egyptians. They worked their way through a maze by answering math problems correctly, and they read to each other about a little girl from the Arctic and her "Very Last First Time" ice fishing.
They are receiving "most improved attitude" awards and getting As and A+s on math tests. In Kids Church we learned about prayer. We learned that we can pray to God because we have a relationship with him. The kids started worshiping each day in our very own kids church (room dividers with a colourful parachute for a roof). They come in and turn on a DVD with worship music and lyrics on it and sing along while I get the lesson organized. We learned what 'amen' means, and replaced it with a loud YES! to make prayer time more real.
Sometimes my job is really hard (OK often its really hard), and there seems to be this never ending list of things I don't know how or when to do. But when I'm with these kids all of those worries and frustrations just seem to fade away and I realize why I'm still here. To love them.
Thank you so much to everyone who supports me, whether through prayer, or financially. The ministry you are supporting really is making a difference and I couldn't do what I do without you. I'm adding a link on the right hand side of this page for anyone who would like to help support what I do. The only way I can continue the work I am doing is through the generous support of those who believe in this ministry and would like to see it continue. If you would like more information about how you can support me please contact me by clicking here.
thank you,
BElla
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