It's finally half-term! For my American friends, that means a one-week break! And I must say, we're all glad of that. This past week was great, but it was busy!
This week in our team Bible study, we looked at Proverbs 3:5-8. Becca did a great job leading us, and God really challenged each of us to trust Him in different areas of our lives. It was amazing as well to see how our Bible study overflowed into our ministry this week, as we too encouraged our students to trust God!
One of my highlights this week was on Tuesday when the head of the Religious Education department at our school invited the team into his Year 7 class in order to observe something called Philosophy4Children. In this exercise, he gave them a word, in this case "Power," and then the opportunity to agree or disagree with a previous statement made (and why!) or make a new statement. It was incredible the things these kids came out with. We watched these 11 year olds discuss what real power is, where it comes from, what you're supposed to do with it, what the difference between hope and faith is, why different people have similar morals and if God actually exists. It was amazing!
After school on Tuesday was our Christian Union, where Felix led a game about taking a certain path, and Becca talked about her experience of trusting God to lead her and how much better her life has become since she initially made the decision to do so.
Tuesday night we had a team social! We enjoy hanging out together, and I am really blessed by these people!
On Wednesday we had our usual lunch club where we did an activity about how we treat people and how that makes them feel. It was pretty dramatic and effective in helping the students realize that little things they do and say can really affect how people feel.
This is Becca talking about the activity, really driving home the point of the message, "How do you like it?"
Johanna gave the appeal and invited the students to consider how they usually make others feel. It was a good time of reflection as we challenged them to think about these things.
On Thursday we got to do our first local mission--Because You're Loved! We helped our students give out lollipops to their peers, with the message that they love their fellow students because God first loved them. As a team, we've all done this before, and it's amazing how simple it can be and also how easy it is to encourage others this way! 
Thursday night was Bath St. prayer, during which we created prayer spaces to pray for Pais--specifically for the students at our school, for our team and for the other nations where Pais is operating!
Friday was Felix's birthday--we got him this! (He really wanted it!!)
And now it is half-term and...
Tomorrow we are off to a Pais conference to rest, relax and refresh! Woohoo!
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