Kristy the Celebrity

So, I've started going to the different schools in the area and having lunch with the kids. Still havn't been abele to nail down a time to meet with the teens in Asheville, but that will come. Once they realize I'm not going to show up in the 15 passenger army van in my uniform they'll be okay. lol. Anyone who knows me, knows how intimidated I am by teens. And they're just as uncomfortable as I am and looking for approval probably more than I am, but it's hard to remember that. All that said, progress is being made. Believe it or not. Maybe lunchtime at their school is not the best way to get with them. I find they enjoy it much more when you take them out for lunch and it's one on one and they don't have to prove themselves to anyone, they can just be themselves. It's tough being a teenager.

So I've been going to lunch at the elementary school so far. And man, it's a good feeling when you walk into an elementary school lunchroom and there's all these kids waving their hands in the air yelling "Over here! Come sit with me today!"
If I can't get approval from the teens, I certainly feel it from the elementary school kids.
You meet a lot of kids when you go to lunch. Like yesterday, I was sitting with a girl I had met the week before who was friends with a kid I knew.

Things you can pray for:
I also met another girl names Ashley. Her mom is having a baby, a girl, in October, so pray for her mom. I think she said October 3rd.
Sarah's mom can't pay the money to let her come back to the afterschool program. Pray somehow the money will get there.
Tregg's birthday was this week. He got a motorcycle. Pray for his safety!
Delaney and Robyn both have birthday's this week. Pray they will have a wonderful day.
Jake couldn't find his lunch tray. I don't know if he ever did. Pray for those who have lost more than a lunch tray.
Andrew and Matthew are best friends. But sometimes (as they tell me) they fight. But then they make up and they're friends again. But don't worry, it only happens like once every two months. Pray for those who don't have best friends.
Tyshika's and Leann's grandmother is a wonderful lady. She picks them up each day. Pray for her strength to do what she does.
Terri is the director of the afterschool program. Pray for her endurance!
Christine is Terri's assistant. She's in college. Pray for her studies and work.

Have a wonderful day. And if you have the opportunity to make someone feel like a celebrity, be it calling them to sit with you at the table, or clapping when they come into the room, or telling them how thankful you are they have come into your presence today - do it. It will make them feel like a star.