Jesus I praise you for...

Avery and I had the opportunity on Sunday to talk with the 3rd grade Sunday school class at church. They have adopted us as there missionary family, and have been praying for us weekly. They have also chose to take an offering each week in order to help us out financially, which I think is just amazing. They have shown Avery and I how much faith they have even as eight-years old. I mean at eight I would want to keep my dollar that my parents gave me and go buy some candy, but they are really have been blessed. They give unselfishly and they know how important it is to tell people about the love of Jesus and to live for him.

"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth."
3 John1:4

I also read them the stroy aboue Hudson Taylor who was on of the first missionary to go to China back in the late 1800s. Ms. Patti, their teacher, has been to China a few times on a mission trip so I thought it would be nice for them to know how it all got started, and it was a good history lesson for me as well.

Most of the children in the class have been homeschooled so they have been brought up learning how to pary and study the bible, and maybe one day God will give them a burden to do missions internationally; however, for know we can encourage them to be a "missionary" at school and with there friends.