Meet Raston and Kimwill

Raston sporting my sunglasses!

Salvation belongs to the Lord. Jonah 2:9

When I first met Raston a couple of weeks ago, he could tell you the plan of salvation, quote scripture flawlessly,  and was at every church related event we had, but it was all head knowledge. He had no interest in having a relationship with Jesus.  Tonight during the invitation,  he came forward and gave his life to Jesus. He is so excited, and I am so excited for him. I was out of the room talking to another boy (who I ‘ll mention in a minute), so  I didn’t actually see Raston make his decision.  He told me later. I asked a group of kids what their favorite part of VBS was and the answers varied, but Raston’s answer was “allowing God to change my life.”  The change in his life is already evident! 

Kimwill eating a sucker!

I had the opportunity to talk to Kimwill this evening about what it means to be a Christian. We had a long discussion going through the plan of salvation and talking through the meaning of some of those churchy terms that we have heard all our lives, but are brand new to these kids. We discussed how you either believe that Jesus died on the cross taking our place and that there is no other way to have a relationship with God except through Jesus …. Or you don’t. There is no in between and you can’t ride the fence.  Kimwill said, “I believe Jesus took my place.”  After praying, he requested that we pray for his dad.  Kimwill’s favorite part of VBS was talking to God.

Pray for these 2 preteen boys. They have a hard road ahead of them. Most Chuukese boys in this neighborhood drop out of school and gangs are prevalent.  Pray that God will put his hedge of protection around these boys and keep them from evil. Pray that God will send a man to mentor and disciple these boys and teach them to be godly young men.

Me, enjoying my hat! 

On a lighter note,  today I went to the Makaha resort with Darla for lunch.  I had been on the beach earlier in the day and was planning on going back to the beach after we were finished, so I thought that was a good enough excuse to wear a hat to lunch!! How I love hats!!  I really wish it was fashionable to wear them all the time! One of the wonderful things about  being in Hawaii is that no one knows me, so I can wear hats anytime I want. Of course the fact that I am posting it on my blog for all of you back home to see I guess defeats the purpose. One day I am going to wear a hat to church! How much fun would that be?

Tomorrow ( Saturday) I am hiking Diamond Head with the Chuukese youth that are going on the Big Island mission trip!

Love to all of you!