Growing Up

Jeffrey is 15, soon to be 16.  This year he has completed 5th and 6th grade and is getting ready to graduate in November!  I’m so proud of him!  He was one of the first boys that I met here and started doing ministry with.  He has been faithfully coming to church with me now for over a year!  Even when the other 2 boys waver, he is ever faithful.  This coming Saturday he is going to try a youth age small group for the first time and I am praying that will be an avenue for growth for him.  It is a huge blessing because the small group meets in the neighborhood right next to where he lives!  This means he can get himself there and back and it will be safe :)  And it is the only youth age group that doesn’t meet on Friday nights while he is in school.  I think the Lord knew all those details… so please pray for Jeffrey to learn lots and for one of the male leaders in the group to take him under their wing in a discipleship setting.

Monday we went to INFOP because Jeffrey is interested in taking mechanic classes next year!  The program is 2 years and starts in February.  We went and got his picture taken, a copy of his birth certificate, and he’ll be going with his mom to sign up this week!  I did not realize until now that this program is selective.  Just because he has the requirements doesn’t necessarily mean that he will get to go.  I think we were both pretty sad to hear that.  He will sign up with a group of kids and then they get selected out of that group.  The Lord knows better than we do what Jeffrey needs for his future, so please join me in praying that we will trust God’s hand in this.  It seems to me that mechanic school would be the perfect option, but if that doesn’t work out, pray that God will open other doors.