Another community meeting planned

At the end of May we hosted a community meeting to discuss how we as parents could help make our neighborhood a safer place for our children.  Christy and I were thrilled at the topics the community chose to work on: health, children knowing the Word of God, and unity. 

Over the months that followed, we have seen small steps of effort to work on each of these issues.  For example, we built a water filter, had a demonstration on how to do oral Bible studies, and started meeting once a week to pray together.  Thank God with us!

However, all of the efforts also seem to be fizzling out.  We barely finished our first water filter, with only two of the initial seven volunteers showing up for the last two days.  We haven’t had any follow-up on home Bible studies, and assume that we are the only ones using it right now.  And although I am still impressed with the participation in the prayer meetings some of the members are getting discouraged.  Christy and I have intentionally avoided just pouring more energy into making these things “work”.  We want initiatives that will have impact lasting beyond our involvement, not ones that run by our energy and stop when we stop.

So, we are calling for another community meeting.  We want to facilitate a community reflection on what they have done so far and what they can do better.  Please pray for us as we plan this meeting, for wisdom as we plan.  Also, please pray than many parents will show up and take responsibility to keep working hard at the things that make a better community for their children.

Almost done with our first water filter (July)