Our Mission Field!

Yesterday I made about 55-60 cookies for my Aaron's students at school. We both have been so burdened for them. I must admit I haven't always had this burden for these kids. When Aaron first started working with troubled kids, somedays he would come home so discouraged and sometimes by the end of the school year he was just ready to get another job. I always thought to myself, if he could only just work in a regular school things would be different.

It wasn't until I was able to go visit his school a few times that my heart broke and I was ashamed at how I felt towards these kids as the Lord started working on my heart.

My heart aches for them when I hear Aaron come home with different stories about his students and all they go through. Whether if it's the student who just quit talking since his mom passed away, to students whose parents have overdosed on drugs, to many of the girls who are lesbians and what no other lifestyle, to students who think that turning to drugs is the answer.

It truly is a mission field and I am so thankful we can be a part. Making cookies may seem like a small thing, but Aaron says they love it. Most don't get that homemade meal or special things from their mom's. We want them to feel loved and let them know that we care about them and someone else loves them even more.

Aaron cannot say much on his own about Christ on his own. He does play his music on the computer and the students are fully aware that he is a Christian. When he does get the opportunity to share Christ, it's the students that bring it up. The other day Aaron had prayed specifically that morning to get a chance to talk about the Lord in one of his classes.

The Lord answered his prayer and questions were flying at him left and right. He is also witnessing to one of his fellow teachers. They discuss things about the Bible and this man just doesn't follow what Aaron says blindly. He will go home search the scriptures and come back the next day with more questions.

I am so thankful for a godly husband who believes his job is more than just that. I am thankful the Lord worked on my heart to have a burden for these students and that I can have a small part along with him to do things for the kids and pray for them. We are really praying with budget cuts going on all over that his school won't close down. It looks like his school would be the first to go if his district started cutting things.