God is bigger than...

 I apologize I have not been a good blogger, well the second week of ministry with Coastlands, we were at Concord Christian Academy, I really loved it, I was able to start and finish the whole week! we taught Elementary and Middle school so we had pre-k to eighth. we started the day all together with songs and an object lesson, than Elementary and Middle school was split up for the message. I stayed with the Elementary chapel. The theme for there week was God is bigger than... each day the kids would learn about how God is bigger than the different problems they face in there life and the things that they go through. Little did I know that even though I would be helping with the week I learned so much! Monday was God is bigger than our "Set backs" we taught them how things in life can hold you back, they can put you back a few steps, make you wait for awhile or just flat out stop you. God is bigger than all of that! one of my team members shared his story, it was a eye opening story about how he had to really trust in God, he was faced with a set back that could have totally stopped him from being in the ministry. He had to come to the Realization that God was in control. He did end up overcoming his set back an was able to join the ministry again thankfully because he is a big impact on the team as well as the students he comes in contact with. Each day we leaned that God is bigger than so many things, such as fear, obstacles, barriers and even doubt. God is bigger than all these things that can get in our way. Now I learned all of this growing up but it never made this much sense to me than it did when we were explaining it to 4 to 10 year old's. I realized that God is bigger than any thing that stands in the way of my dreams and the plans he has for my life, all I have to do is trust him that he will provide everything that I need. we were also journaling with the eighth graders again, they write us questions about anything they want and we write back to them. I was able to journal with two girls, they were both so sweet and filled with questions about the bible and God himself. One girl I was writing to was questioning how she knew that God loved her I could fell the hurt and confusion as I was reading her journal, all I could respond to her was the scriptures to reassure her that the greatest thing that God did to prove his love for us was the greatest sacrifice. the other young girl I was writing too was filled with fear and confusion as she was afraid that she would lose sight of Gods love for her as she was going to public school the following year, I was able to let her know that Gods love will never fail her and he will always be there walking by her side. I was really blessed by the kids and they were affected by us. While we were doing question and answer one of the sixth grade girls started to thank us for coming and opening her eyes to see Gods love and that God had sent us there to help them. Needles to say the week went really well and God did a lot to the hearts of the students as well as my team.