the Lord is in his holy temple the whole world is silent before him...

habakkuk 2:20 was one of the verses that i used today in sunday school to try and help the kids understand that there are benefits to being silent before the Lord. and there is a reverence that we should be able to enter when we are thinking about God and his holiness. im not sure any of the kids get it. thats fine i guess i will plant the seed and pray that someone else waters it. but it is frustrating to ask the kids if they thinkit is important to have a time where we are sitting silently before God not praying and asking for things not even praising but being silent and letting his glory fill us. the kids decided that it was important but not important enough to take the time and do it. like i said hope fully the thought is there for someone else ot cultivate.
tonight i took the kids swimming at the public pool we rented it out and we had about 15 kidds and 7 adults so that was cool. unfortunately i over heard one of my kidds talking about his plans to drink when he went to another country with a lower drinking age. i dont know if he is just trying to impress this girl who was visiting or if he really wants to drink. im not sure what to do since i think he already feels like he isnt really a part of anything that we do so i dont want to tell his dad. but i also dont want him to think i suppost the idea of him drinking and thats why i havent said anyhing. well i guess this is one of the first real challenges that i will get to deal with along this journey.
still trying to think about what i will do during the fall for the kids. i want to communicate to them the type of life that they could be living. the new creation they are in christ able to live a righteous life in christ i life of love in christ. sometimes i feel like i am starting to make some progress with the kidds and i hope they like having me around and i hope i give them something worth while.