Saturday, July 31
Got up early to pray and review my notes for the two hour Parenting Seminar I led today. By the end of the session there were 19 parents and all of them really seemed interested in becoming better parents. My focus for the workshop was on encouraging parents to be the spiritual leaders in their home. I shared what God says about parenting, helping our children grow a relationship with God, characteristics of children at various ages and how they learn and specific tools to use in parenting.
Most of the material I pulled from the Extreme Home Makeover series I taught at New Song several years ago. It was so cool to be teaching again! I asked Ryana to share from an adult child’s perspective what a child needs from her parents and they all loved her! They had lots of questions, mostly about children’s behavior at different ages and they really wanted to learn more. Three of the women came up afterwards needing some support and I prayed for each of them. It was such an amazing blessing to minister to these women who work so hard and have such tough situations.
After the workshop we had an hour to relax with a cup of tea, then we walked about a mile to the Becky’s home – she’s the Children Director’s at Cornerstone. We figured we should walk because that’s how many of the locals get around! And it felt good to walk because it was the first time we really got out into our neighborhood. After the study we stayed to play volleyball with Becky’s family. Team Coates and Team King – we got trampled! But next time we’ll be in shorts and sneakers instead of skirts and flip flops and then we might be some competition – maybe!
Got up early to pray and review my notes for the two hour Parenting Seminar I led today. By the end of the session there were 19 parents and all of them really seemed interested in becoming better parents. My focus for the workshop was on encouraging parents to be the spiritual leaders in their home. I shared what God says about parenting, helping our children grow a relationship with God, characteristics of children at various ages and how they learn and specific tools to use in parenting.
Most of the material I pulled from the Extreme Home Makeover series I taught at New Song several years ago. It was so cool to be teaching again! I asked Ryana to share from an adult child’s perspective what a child needs from her parents and they all loved her! They had lots of questions, mostly about children’s behavior at different ages and they really wanted to learn more. Three of the women came up afterwards needing some support and I prayed for each of them. It was such an amazing blessing to minister to these women who work so hard and have such tough situations.
After the workshop we had an hour to relax with a cup of tea, then we walked about a mile to the Becky’s home – she’s the Children Director’s at Cornerstone. We figured we should walk because that’s how many of the locals get around! And it felt good to walk because it was the first time we really got out into our neighborhood. After the study we stayed to play volleyball with Becky’s family. Team Coates and Team King – we got trampled! But next time we’ll be in shorts and sneakers instead of skirts and flip flops and then we might be some competition – maybe!
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