Gentle and Quiet Spirit

“Your beauty . . . should be that of your inner self; the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” 1 Peter 3:3-4

Prayer Requests:
~ Pray for the girls to know that their beauty comes from within, and it is of great worth to God.
~ Pray for financial support to continue to be enough to cover the expenses, as well as complete the sanctuary renovation and move forward with a transition home!
~ Pray that ALL students will attend school every day.
~ Pray that the girls will have a continued desire to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior.


Praise Report:
~ Praise God for the joy of having some residents from Inspiration Ministries join us at Agape School last Friday for a special time together. The girls sang songs, gave testimonies, did art projects, and played ‘Agape Bingo’ with the residents. Thank you Dee McBride for putting together an art project for them all to do together. The bonding that took place was precious beyond words – God is so awesome!
~ Praise God for the beef that was donated recently by Greg Ibeling – we are set for awhile! Not only did Greg deliver the beef, but he helped us get it unloaded in freezers at two different locations – what a blessing!
~ Praise God for the work crew from Calvary that was here this past weekend; they did lots of work that needed to be done; everything is sparkling just a little bit more now! Thank you Bob and Carol Vyskocil for coordinating this work crew!
~ Praise God for the guitar lessons Pete Thompson has been teaching some of the girls at Agape – such a blessing that he is taking time out of his schedule to do this!
~ Praise God for the girls in school and the home who have been handling difficult situations gracefully, setting their boundaries and pressing in to God!
~ Praise God for the donation of a tray of fresh vegetables this past week – oh, so good for us – thank you Sandy Heinitz!
~ Praise God for the fresh fruit that was donated this week by Cindy Conlon!
~ Praise God for all the napkins, paper towels and toilet paper that have been donated!
~ Praise God for the girls who are starting to love the learning process!
~ Praise God for the girls’ awareness of how God supplies all of our needs, and being grateful for many blessings!
~ Praise God for the girls’ positive attitudes, and for our new students who are thriving!
~ Praise God for the benefit of college visits for the girls, and their excitement –thank you Cindy Conlon for taking the girls on these college visits!
~ Praise God for the girls enjoying the chirping of birds, children giggling and all the sounds of Spring as we get outside to enjoy this amazing weather!


Wish List:
~ Postage Stamps
~ Fresh Fruit
~ Fresh Vegetables
~ Snack Crackers, such as Cheese-Its, Wheat Thins, etc.
~ Almonds or other nuts (NO PEANUTS)
~ String Cheese


Volunteers / Creative Teachers:
On June 9th and 10th we are ending our school year with an assortment of ‘Mini Classes’ that will be fun, yet beneficial for them. So far, we have volunteers on board for sewing, jewelry making, flower arrangements and calligraphy. We have a couple of openings for about 2 hours each on Thursday morning the 10th. If you are gifted and able to teach something fun to the girls, we would love to hear from you. Some of the thoughts we had were: teach Zumba or teach a gardening class (we’ll supply the plants, but need your ideas and leadership). Any other ideas of things that could be done at or close to Agape School? Please reply to this e-mail, or call Jan at 262-275-6466. Thanks!


Thought for the week: Faith is seeing light with the eyes of your heart, when the eyes of your body see only darkness ahead.