It our second week of teaching and we are still alive, thanks for the prayers!!! Please continue to pray for us as we try to teach the kids what it means to have a relationship/friendship with Christ. The culture teaches that religion is important, but Christianity is very very weak here. Our goal is to teach the kids more than just stories. Every kid can recite the main bible stories, say the "God" answers and even memorize chapters of the bible, but hardly any of them can answer simple questions about forgiveness, sin, and a relationship with Christ. Our goal is to help break the cycle of religion and regurgitation that this culture teaches in most the churches. Pray for the parents also, that they would come to a real relationship with Christ, this culture needs Jesus even in its 99% Christian statistical standing.
Please pray for our team as well. This week a girl on our team lost her Grandma and decided to stay here in Samoa. Our team leader also lost his uncle. We need focus and strength here.
The bible lessons are going great! The people here are going to be really hard to leave, I miss them already thinking about it. Pray that our relationships and influence would be long lasting in peoples lives, and lead them closer to Christ.
In Him
Jesse
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