A "Fun Day" at Kitty's Road

I think the adjective "fun" is less often used over here, hence the significance of the phrase "Fun Day". As contrasted with any old day which we Americans would be ready to describe noncommittally as "fun", a Kilkeel Fun Day involved, in this instance, a small mobile petting zoo, several inflatable attractions (including a large fake bull to try to stay mounted upon (think: rodeo), and loud music. Many folks turned out for the day, including many not from the Kitty's Road community. Our team members mingled for about two and half hours of the fun during the afternoon, throwing ourselves into the activities and making new connections with our Kitty's Road friends.

Before this extravagant enterprise, the usual crew (our international team and the actual members of the Kitty's Road community) made use of the then quiet plot of land for our coffee morning conversations, children's "Treasure Hunters" lessons and crafts, and games of soccer and Frisbee with the older kids and teenagers. This evening we gathered again for our evening session of praise, testimonies, teaching, and discussion. Ryan gave an excellent, easy-to-grasp yet thought-provoking message on the truth that God is our rock, asking us to consider what "rocks" we rely on, and how God fits into the equation. As my group discussed, turns out God is all over the equation; in fact he is the source of and the one in control of all the other elements in the equation.

Team members report good conversations all around.

Thank you for your prayers. Please ask God to stir individuals in the community--women, men, their little children, young people--by his Spirit. I'm praying for a true pouring out of the Holy Spirit on individual hearts, because the gospel is being proclaimed--these men, women, and children are hearing the truth that can save them, and it takes then the breath of God to set them aflame with spiritual life. Please join me in asking our Father for this. He delights to give his Spirit to those who ask. I'm beginning to envision the difficulty of leaving in such a short time, because these faces and names have grown really dear to me even just in the past three days. I want so sharply for them to know the Jesus I know. God is answering our pleas for love for those we're ministering to; he can answer our prayers for spiritual awakening, for new birth. Intercede with me for them.

We the ministers need the Holy Spirit as well. Pray especially for opportunities to have gospel-pointed conversations--or whatever conversations these people's hearts need at this point in the story God is leading them through--and that we would recognize and boldly take these opportunities and that by his Spirit God would speak to hearts. We have seen God answer prayers, and I believe he's going to do this.

Please also ask for sanity, as the American team at least is growing a little loopy with lack of sleep.

Rejoicing that God is working in us a tested genuineness of faith, more precious that gold that perishes though it is tested with fire, which will result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 1) God's work is pretty much always like an iceberg, I think. We only see the tip, but there's eternal work going on beneath these daily things, as we live by faith and not sight.