Encouraged

I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Phillipians 4:13

It's amazing how God encourages us in ministry especially in times when we are down.

This weekend has been tiring for me. I am attending a friend's wedding in LA but I have to be back on Sunday because I lead worship in Sunday School. I went with sore throat and come back with a flu.

I am supposed to be in class by 9.45 this morning, but I couldn't get there earlier than 10. In my head I started to think worst case scenario where the kids are going to be hyper and running around (as what usually happens in my class) and I have to yell aloud through my flu. I also prepared to tell the Children's Ministry coordinator that it's too much for me, I can't come on time, and that I better stop doing this altogether. Along with that I plead to God to help me since there is no way I can do it without Him.

I arrived late in class. I can barely speak loud enough through the flu, but interestingly the kids are pretty responsive. Instead of running around, the kids sat in circle and I started with prayer. We sang Hallelujah praise ye the Lord in Indonesian. The kids got so excited to sing in different languages that I promise next time I'll try to google it so we can sing it in Spanish. (Ha!)

Then Elianne got an idea to have some of the kids sit down during Hallelujah and stand up during "Praise ye the Lord" - it was so fun! Then we sing it slower and faster. When the middleschoolers came, we sing "Jesus loves me" as we do offering - then Elianne said "I bet you don't know how to sing it in Chinese", so we did! I don't have the lyrics on the power point so I have to promise them next time I'll have the text on. I guess it's not time to quit yet.

I smile when I think about this morning. I know only God can put order in my class!