Points for Prayer and Praise

"Pray for more opportunities for Pip to share about Jesus during the English classes she conducts in Cambodia. The students are currently studying a unit about things that have changed the world. Pip was able to talk about Jesus and the way that his life and death has changed the world. Ask that God will open the students’ hearts to hear more about him. "

I don't generally write newsletters with Points For Prayer and Praise.... most times people gotta figure their response. But I know that some people like Prayer Points and that informed prayer is good. I also understand that the point of a point is that it is short. A point doesn't necessarily contain captivating imagery or sentences that play with grammar like a seven-year-old plays with chewing gum. Points are points. Sometimes necessary. Usually boring. At the risk of over-pointing, I want to add a couple more to the above point that was released this week from my org in Australia:

Point Two: [Review Point One...] Yes, Pip talked briefly about Jesus during an English class last week. Yay. Very cool. Thank God.

Point Three: The unit on Things That Change The World will be over in a couple of weeks. Pip is not vaguely hoping that there will be opportunities to talk about Jesus through future lessons on transport, vegetables or how to check into a hotel room. (Actually, this is pretty much what I've been doing for the past year and I'm kinda over it... ) Instead, Pip now takes Tuesdays off and Malis comes in to lead the students and teach them stories about Jesus. (Real lessons. From a book. With exercises and discussion questions.) Attendance on Tuesdays isn't compulsory but this week they all showed up anyway. Malis teaches at the same time in the same classroom. There's just one difference: four days a week I teach English language that I've learned the night before mixed in with whatever relevant madness I can think of to make it stick while on Tuesdays Malis teaches subversive stories that are already sticky. Yay. Very cool. Thanks God.