You Can Lead a Horse to Water But You Can't Make 'em Drink

So you know how when you go camping, you generally don't want to be soaked? Yeah, well thankfully, none of us had to be! Thank you to everyone who prayed for this last weekend of camping. The weather was great and it only rained when we were in our tents. And over here, their tents are actually waterproof, unlike the tents I've camped in in the States. Whew!

On another side of the camping trip, we had a turn up of 4 teen-aged boys. A bit of a disappointment after all the planning that went into it, but we figured that God can do great things with the smallest of groups. We went ahead as planned, although we reserved the right to take anyone home who was being troublesome.

We played a game of football (soccer) once we were all there and the boys are continuing to teach me new moves to use in the game, not that I'm even good at aiming. At one attempt of a new trick, I must confess, I slipped and ended up in my rear end. I don't think I'm very skilled at running in semi-wet grass, just saying....

But during the God talks we had some good discussions with these boys. Two of them go to Catholic School, so they know quite a lot about the Bible, but they don't actually believe in God... yet. The youngest of the group was 13, and he was the one who asked the most questions. He kept asking for proof of God's existence. Even though we'd told him countless stories of what God had done in our lives, this boy still wanted physical proof. Finally we told him that he had already made up his mind to not believe, and nothing we say will change his mind. So we told him to ask God to prove Himself.

One thing that was so frustrating about this situation was the fact that this boy is just reaching out for something to believe in and he wants to believe, but he won't let anything we say about the Holy Spirit and about what God has done in our lives influence his belief that he has to actually see proof that God is real.

Please pray that this young man will find the proof he needs from God. He is so hungry for God, but isn't sure of how to believe. Also, please continue to pray for all the kids we're working with in Tremorfa. We've had all sorts of troubles in the last few weeks, and we really need God to step in. Thank you so much for all your prayers. God is getting through!