Update from Abdias

Earlier this summer, we received a letter from Abdias (the child we sponsor through Compassion International).  I will share this letter with the Children's Worship classes over the next few weeks. 

Here is a copy of letter that you can also share with your child if they miss it in class.

Abdias also wrote: (translated to English)

Dear Friends,
I am happy today to be able to talk to you.  My God, Father, I greet you in the name of Jesus the Almighty.  How are you and your family doing? To me, on my side, I am doing fine.  As for now I am on summer vacation and I do not yet take school.  I wish you spend a vacation.  When are you coming to my country?  I feel like to see you face to face.  I am happy to write you and I thank you for your supports and your help.  I ask you to help me pray for being able to spend a good vacation and I pray for you with all your family.  I love you a lot and God bless you!

Please be praying for Abdias and his family as they are probably encountering bad weather from Hurricane Maria after just having experienced Hurricane Irma.  Compassion International wrote and said that we would receive notification if Abdias was affected, but no news is good news.

Hope for the Home Memory Verse Challenge

Hope for the Home Memory Verse Challenge

In continuation of our Hope for the Home (H4H) series, we have begun a church-wide memory verse challenge. Each month a new verse will be chosen to memorize as a family.  You can find the verse in the Grace Kids Newsletter and the Weekly Email.  Children will also decorate an index card with the verse on it during class at the beginning of each month. Each family was given a card case to hold and collect the memory verses as you learn them. I suggest that you go back through your verses often so that you do not forget them as soon as they are put into the card case.

Some of the verses throughout the year will also be reinforced in Grace Kids Worship.  Last week, the kids learned "Shout" from Seeds Family Worship, which is our first verse, Psalm 100:1-3.  This video plays the song and has the lyrics.

I liked this memory verse system that many bloggers have recommended: Charlotte Mason Scripture Memory System. It is hard to implement this system right away, but it would be good to start slowly as we build up our list of verses. 

Child at Heart is also a blog that gives the following tips for memorizing verses.