April Update

This month has been full of good news!

One of our student leaders moved in with a friend from high school last year. She's been trying to get her to come to Focus from the beginning but has had a hard time with that. She would come for a few weeks and then stop, and went back and forth from wanting to seek God to not wanting to. A couple of girls had asked her to study the bible with them, but nothing ever came of it. Well a few weeks ago I asked her if she'd let me study with her and she said yes! We have already done three studies and things are going great! She really wants to seek and know God. Pray for her journey!!

I have been visiting all of the girl's cores and co-leading a lesson with another one of our peer team leaders. Those were so neat! God has been working in all of these cores! I saw girls that really want to learn and grow in their faith, I saw girls who love core and love being in fellowship with one another, I saw girls who have built deep and personal friendships with each other, I saw girls full of love and grace! Praise God for his work in those this year!

I met with a girl recently who I haven't talked to very much but contacted me because she was struggling with something and wanted to talk through it with someone and get some help. She's been on the fringes in our ministry for a couple years now, coming and going, and I can tell just has a hard time trusting people. We met up for an hour or so, mainly just talking about life, and God, and a little about the particular issue. Well I just got a text from her saying she really wants to be more involved in Focus now and build more friendships. She said she was able to talk without being afraid and without pretending.

Isn't God so neat? He turns hopeless things into things full of hope, He bears fruit, He produces good and lovely things, and with Him and in His Kingdom we don't have to be afraid, and we don't have to pretend. God accepts us where we are, and we are changed by Him.

Wow, if you haven't told God how absolutely incredible He is lately, ponder on that now, and tell Him :).

Here's some pictures of our girls involved in core:

Much love and thanks!

Brianna