A Prayer & Praise Update from the Deam Team
Serving the Lord at the
Child Evangelism Fellowship® (CEF®) International Headquarters
October
2011
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The 2011 fall session of CMI is in full swing
At this present time, there are 32 students sitting in the classroom at the Children’s Ministries Institute® here at the CEF Headquarters. Unless the Lord changes the count, when CMI® is over on October 11 there will have been 54 students who took various modules of our 12-week institute. One CMI student is from Singapore, another is from Guyana, one is from Canada and the rest are from the USA. It has been a joy getting to know these fellow CEF workers and future leaders of children’s ministry.
We have been extremely busy during this fall session of CMI. Several of the classes we teach were video recorded for CMI on-line which put added pressure as well as excitement to our preparation and teaching.
Praise…
· the Lord for the 32 students who are sitting in the classroom at this present time.
· the Lord for the strength and stamina He gave us as we taught while being video recorded.
Pray…
· for the Lord to give clear direction to the students who are still looking for His leading in where to serve after CMI.
· that we will be godly examples as we teach and minister to the students in and outside of the classroom.
Our after-school Good News Club® has started!
On Thursday, September 15, we started our Good News Club and have been averaging 23 children ever since. This year we are teaching the children about the life of David. On the first day of club we reviewed the Ten Commandments that they learned last year. It was a joy to hear the children repeat the Ten Commandments from memory. Several of the children are returning clubbers and we also have some new children enrolled.
Praise…
· the Lord that we got permission to go into the school again this year.
· the Lord that the children remembered many things that we taught them in club last school year.
Pray…
· that we will clearly present the Gospel to the children.
· that the Lord will work in the heart of each child and that we will see each child’s life changed.
“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 (ESV)
Other requests
Besides being video recorded teaching classes in CMI, during August each of us was video recorded teaching a Bible lesson and memory verse for a demonstration DVD that is being used by Good News Club teachers. We also updated and added new material to some of our classes and were given other responsibilities during this CMI session. As a result, we have felt extra pressure and have often felt “weary of doing good.”
Pray…
· for that the Lord will give us a renewed passion for teaching others.
· that the Lord will give us a renewed burden for the lost.
· that we will have quality time in the Word and fellowship with our Lord in prayer.
· that we will remember Galatians 6:9 and look to the Lord to work through us in spite of ourselves.
Many of you have faithfully prayed for us and we say a great big THANK YOU! Many of you have sent financial support and we say a great big THANK YOU! Your prayers and financial gifts are a blessing and help us continue training others to take the Gospel to the children.
God bless,
Tim & Lisa Deam
Leadership
Training Instructors with the Department of Education, Child Evangelism
Fellowship Inc.
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