Week 7 Part 2

Today we are going to watch a short video about Isabel who is writing to her aunt, a missionary working in a part of the world where the Gospel is not welcome. She encourages her aunt in the work and shares how she also is being obedient to follow.  Click here to watch.

Now it's your turn to encourage a missionary family.  In our 1st part this week we took a look at the Everswick family.  Take some time to make a card and note of encouragement for them.  Bring your cards back to church on Sunday and we will mail all of the cards to them!

Family Mission Challenge- Week 7

We have spent the last 6 weeks "traveling" the world and looking at missionary families that are serving throughout the world.  What was your favorite country or missionary family to visit?  We have been able to see how missionaries serve, what some of their needs are and how God uses their special talents.            

How do missionaries know that God wants them to move and be missionaries?  Today we are going to see a family who recently went through this process.  Sit back and listen to how God worked on their hearts and helped create a way for them.  Click here to see the video.

Prayer Wrap-Up-
Take some time to pray for the Everswick family.  Pray that they will be able to learn the Spanish language and for the adjustment to a new culture.

Family Challenge Week 6- Part 2

God gave each of us bodies with different parts to do different jobs. Eyes can see, ears can hear and hands can touch. The Bible says that believers are all a part of Christ’s body and we each have a job to do. By being ready to do whatever Jesus asks, we can be His hands, His heart and His voice. Tim Young went to South Asia with his dad to do just that. We’ll see how Tim was acting as a part of Jesus’ body during his mission trip and how we can be a part right where we are, too.

Click here to see Tim on his trip with his dad.

Discussion-
• What was your favorite family trip?
• Has anyone traveled on an airplane? What was your favorite part?
• Has anyone traveled to another country? What was it like?
• What did you think of Tim’s van ride and the traffic they were in?
• How did Tim share Jesus with the kids by playing soccer with them?
• What difference did it make in Tim’s life to be able to share Jesus in South Asia?

Discuss
In the video Tim said it was sad that most of the people he saw in South Asia probably wouldn’t go to heaven.
•How does Tim’s statement make you feel?
               -God’s heart is for everyone to know Him. We can be God’s heart by praying for all the people who don’t know Him.

Did you know that you can be just like Tim and share Jesus with other children who live where you live?  You can share the A,B, C's to becoming a christian.
  A- Admit to God that you are a sinner.-
                (Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23; Acts 3:19; 1 John 1:9)
  B-  Believe that Jesus Christ is God’s Son and accept God’s gift of forgiveness from sin
                (John 3:16; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 5:8; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 1:11-13)
  C- Confess your faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
                 (Romans 10:9-10,13)



Prayer Time-  Take time to pray for people who have not heard about God.  Also pray that God would help you to see who you may be able to tell about God in your life.

Family Missions Challenge Week 6- part 1

Today we are going to take a look at 2 schools in Nepal.  Can you find Nepal on the map?

 

These two schools work with child that God created who have to communicate in special ways. Christians in Nepal are making a difference in the lives of these special children. Though they have people who take care of them physically, Christians help them to know that they are important to Jesus and beautiful to Him. When we realize that everyone is important to Jesus, we will want to tell them about Him.

Click here to see a video about the schools.. •  

• How do the children differ from you?
•  How are you like them? 
• How can Christians show Jesus’ love to these children?

The Himalayas ( a large mountain range) is located in Nepal.  See how much you know by the Himalayas by answering these true and false questions.

1. The Himalayas cover half of Nepal. T or F 
                                                                                                         F – It covers 75% of Nepal

2. The Himalayas contain over 250 individual mountain peaks. T or F 
                                                                                                                                       True 

3. When translated, the Himalayas means ‘abode of snow.’ T or F
                                                                                                                                       True 

 4. The Himalayas are geographically moving. T or F 
                                                                             
                                                                                 T – They move approximately 20mm each year. 

5. Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. T or F 

                                                                                           T – It reaches an elevation of 29,035 feet. 

         
6. The abominable snowman lives in the Himalayas. T or F
                                                                                            
                                                                                F – The legend began in Nepal, but it’s not real! 

7. Mt. Everest grows taller each year. T or F 

                                                                                             T – It grows a few millimeters each year. 

8. The oldest person to climb Mt. Everest was 52 years old. T or F 

                                                                                                                                      F – He was 64. 

9. The Himalayas are so large they reach into two other countries. T or F

                        F – They actually reach into five: China, India, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. 

10. You can find a wide variety of geographical variations in the Himalayas, such as jungles, vegetative landscapes, and glaciers. T or F
                                                                                                                                          True 

The Himalayas sure are different than that mountains that we have around us!

 
 Do you know what this boy is holding?  This is a punch card and it is a tool that is used to help someone who is blind learn how to read and write.  Do you know how much one of these punch cards cost?  One card costs $5!  These are small ways that you can give to missionaries to help them assist these children.


Next we are going to watch a slideshow of children’s faces from Nepal.  As you watch, think of some ways they can pray for that child. Click here to watch the slideshow.

Share what some of your prayer requests that you thought of.  (Some of those things might include new clothes, food, medical care, clean drinking water and so on.)

Now take some time as a family to pray for the children and the prayer requests that you came up with.