Beautiful

This week we have had a wonderful time of discipleship with the teenagers and adults at Ebenezer.  We are so encouraged by the way in which the church members desire to study God's word together, to discuss and share testimony of how God has transformed their lives, and to listen to one another with love and compassion.  The men have studied together with the teenage boys and have had a powerful time of testimony as they walk through the book of Ephesians.  In the tent, the women have studied together the amazing Old Testament story of Ruth.  Through teaching and discussion, the Holy Spirit  moved and one of the women made a decision to accept Jesus as her Savior and become a christian.  The teenage girls have been learning about self esteem, about how to see themselves as God sees them, and how to trust fully in God's love in order to have hope for the future.  We were able to explore these truths with an art project, and the girls used mirrors to observe themselves and draw a self portrait.  As I watched them each look into the small mirror, I prayed that as they grow into women, they will hold tight to the truth and the power of God's love, that it would fill every part of them, and they will never forget that because they are fearfully and wonderfully made by a Creator who loves and adores them, they are beautiful.