Here is the idea behind my run for Hope, and here is how you can participate with me.
Also, I want to pass along to you some prayer requests for Hope Academy for today's challenge. Thank you to those who have responded already! God is so good! Hopefully with my lack of technology skills I can successfully load the update letter that I received from the Executive Director of Glenwood Family Ministries, which is the non-profit that Hope Academy is a part of. This letter says it all about the reason Hope Academy exists....to change lives! This boy that she talks about has been prayed for and prayed for and prayed for!!! As I read the letter she sent me over email, I was overjoyed and shouted out loud in my living room.
*Please continue to pray for him and his brother, that they would grow in the Lord and have a hunger for the things of God.
*Pray for all the kids at Hope that have received Christ, that their hearts would be strengthened, that they would stand firm in their faith. You remember middle school and how hard it was??? Well....it's even harder now, I'm afraid. That's why we are to pray for and disciple the young ones in Christ.
Here is the letter that you need to read. I hope that it will encourage you and inspire you today. God is at work, His light is shining in dark places! Pray on......
Here's the letter in text form: (minus the picture, sorry....)
Praise God for Answered Prayers
There have been many answered prayers and
miracles surrounding Hope Academy.
However, this answered prayer is one of the
best! We have learned that when the spiritual
warfare becomes most intense, there is a
breakthrough close at hand. The last two
weeks have been especially difficult and many
of us were feeling very
discouraged. Then, last
Wednesday night, the
answer came. So many
have been praying for
one particular student.
He is one of our most
difficult students. He is
incredibly smart and has
an amazing future in
front of him, if he
chooses it.
However, he was angry and incredibly rebellious. He was only back this year on a probation
basis because he has so much potential and we didn’t want to give up on him. By the end of the
grading period, we were going to make the decision about whether he could stay. He had a
week left, things were not looking good and we were heartbroken. Then, Thursday morning he
came to school. Between classes, he gathered a couple of his teachers together and through
tears, shared with them that he had accepted Christ the night before. He was so tender and so
sincere that the teachers were crying as well. One of the teachers called him Brother and he
smiled from ear to ear. At this point, he seems to be a totally changed young man.
On Friday morning, after breakfast, Mr. Zimmerman called him up front along with the teachers to
lay hands on him and pray for him. Mr. Z then asked if any of the students wanted to pray for
him as well. As you can see in the photo, they swarmed up front to pray over him. Know who
the first student was to step forward to pray for him? His older brother who accepted Christ three
weeks ago.
Prayer Requests
This week, October 21-24, we are doing our fall standardized testing.
• Please pray that the students would do well and take it seriously. This test will help us know where
their strengths and weaknesses are and how to best help them the rest of the year.
• As a reward for this grading period, we were gifted 50 tickets to the UNC football game in Chapel Hill
on Saturday. Please pray for safety and inspiration as we take many students for their first visit to a
college campus.
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