The rest of May

May has been a busy month. I did not realize how long it had been since the last blog. The Lord has been teaching me things. One week, there was a volunteer whose personality offends me. The Lord taught me how to relate to him, something which would have been impossible for me without the Lord.
During the same week, there were two women volunteers who helped me learn to be more outgoing. After they left, I received a note of encouragement which highlighted what the writer felt made me more friendly to them. By having that pointed out, I was able to reach out again to others.

A few of us went down to the beach and played frisbee in the water. This was a break-through for me, who always says "I can't catch anything." We set a goal for each of the five of us to catch the frisbee within one round. We got as high as four-when we finished, "yours truly" had caught the frisbee several times.

The Lord has used the last several weeks to raise my personal self-esteem, something which has been lacking for me. My responsibilities have increased since arrival. Every day is an adventure which holds a variety of experiences inter-relating with volunteers as well as folks from the community.

We have been praying for someone to volunteer to put on a program for the summer for 8-12 year olds. A couple of men visited this morning who had volunteered with another organization.
They are from Detroit, but have maintained contact with a couple of the kids whom we see regularly-something about which we were glad to learn, that has a positive effect on the young people. They expressed their hearts for young people, made a donation, and promised to look for someone to volunteer in this capacity.
Praise the Lord. There is an apartment complex nearby whose children badly need supervision.
Right now we are limited in what we can do, other than recognize and pray concerning the need. If someone volunteers, they will have room and board like any others. We look forward to whatever He has planned.