How Great Is Our God

A new semester is here

2010-09-27T13:58:00.000-07:00

Its been a while since I've been on my blog page, but now I intend to keep it up to date at least every two weeks.

While I spent time worshipping the Lord. I was singing How great is our God. There is a line in the song that says "All will see how great is our God." The Lord asked me the question How will all see how great I am?" I replied. Through your people. In the words of Isaiah 6:8 it says "Here am I, send me!" Then God challenged my thinking, he asked me the question are you here in mind? Are you here in heart? Are you here in soul? God needs our whole being present, so he will be able to us you in that moment. Sometimes we can have many concerns running through our mind, and miss what God is wanting us to do now.

I remember a time when we had finished indoor Sunday school, we were having a competition boys verses girls, and the girls won. I went onto the Sunday school bus and the boys were a little bit discouraged, the Lord asked me to speak to one of the boys. I asked him if he was okay. He replied "The girls won, and I want to be a girl." Then he pointed out the window at different girls that were passing the bus, one girl had long curly hair and he said he wanted to have her hair, and he continued to mention different features he saw in girls that he wanted. This was all lies from the devil, I prayed for him, afterwards he said he felt better and he wanted to marry a woman and have children when he was older. I wonder what could have happened if my mind was elsewhere, and I was attentive to what the Lord was leading me to do.

I don't know what this semester holds, I need to take it one day at a time, and ensure that I'm present so the Lord is able to use me.

End of semester party

2009-08-30T14:48:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, delayed in writing this post. But the final week of sidewalk we planned a party. Parents were going to bring food drink. We planned and made carnival games. The kids were excited. The first day was a great success the sun was shinning, the day went well, we had enough snacks, drinks etc to give to excess of 300 kids.

The day of my site, it was pouring down with rain in the morning. Parents were calling me to see if the party was cancelled. But I said the party is still going ahead rain or shine. We started setting up for the party at 2pm, it was still raining. By 3pm the rain stopped (praise God). Parents brought out food, we had chicken, rice and beans, deserts, chips, hot dogs it was a great success the kids had a great time. By the time the final site finished around 8pm, the rain began again (praise God). God kept the weather dry for the whole time of the party, God is truly faithful. All he asks us to do is step out in faith and he truly does the rest.

Pictures from my site

Princess Tea Party

2009-05-10T18:03:00.000-07:00

Princess Tea Party 2009, a church from California has paid the last few year, for nearly 200 girls that come to Sunday School to go to this event and they provide the girls with dresses, shoes and tiaras. I was able to bring 5 girls from my site to the event they were so excited whenever I seen them they would ask when it is. When they saw their dress they were excited because for some they have never worn a dress so beautiful before. They were able to to

pictures with the princesses Cinderella, Belle, Snow White, Ariel, Jazmine. They all received their own princess bag with bible inside they were so happy. It truly will be a day they remember for the rest of their life.

Half way through the semester

2009-05-10T17:49:00.001-07:00

Sorry everyone, got a bit behind with updating my blog page, now we are half way through the semester. Let me update you on what has been happening here. We have new interns Matt, Petra and Judith they are doing a great job. We have less staff this semester because the new staff that were suppose to be joining us still haven't got there visa, the embassy is make the process harder. So we have one less staff member on our team, meaning their is more work to do. But in the words of Pastor Bill we will and are doing more with less, and we certainly can do all things through Christ who gives us strength. So we continue on. I'm enjoying driving the bus and picking up the kids on Saturdays. The weather is getting drier and warmer So we can have more fun with the kids and stay out longer. Thank you for your continued prayers and support

Run With One Staff Sponsorship

2009-03-10T18:34:00.001-07:00

Here at Metro Ministries I have been dedicated for the last year and a half on staff to reach the children, whatever the cost. We work between 60-80 hours per week, 6 days a week. Pastor Bill currently travels every single week to raise support for the ministry and for us. But he is now 60 years old and it is challenging to travel as intensely as he does to raise support for us, so the ministry have set up a new Run with One Staff Sponsorship Scheme. To create finanical support directly for us.

If you are interested in supporting me, the ministry has set a minimum of $25 per month. If you want more information please contact me. Thank You

Update Nacirema

2009-02-19T07:54:00.000-08:00

Even though we now aren't doing sunday school outside because its too cold we are still out visiting the kids each week until the new semester starts the end of March.

I Went to see Nacirema around 2 weeks ago. She is doing very well. She is walking strong enough now that she doesn't need to wear a helmet. Her speech is good. She is being home schooled at the moment. She has made amazing progress thanks to God.

Highlights of 2008

2009-01-06T13:14:00.000-08:00

I put together some photo highlights of 2008, It was an awesome year, the princess tea party that took place the early part 2008, sponsored by a church in California was great as a few of our girls from our sites were able to dress up as princesses and they were able to meet their favorite disney princess they and I had a great time. They were able to keep their dresses and they received a bible at the end.

The spring semester was great, the weather was awesome, that enabled us to put on more fun things for the kids such as face painting, we had many different themes, such as crazy hair days, american idol, it was alot of fun.

We have teenagers that help us out on Sidewalk, one of our most faith worker's is Dykquan and it great to be able to celebrate his birthday and show our love and appreciation to our workers.

It's wonderful to see kids that faithfully came to sunday school graduate, two of them Marlin and Maria I was able to go to their graduation ceremony from high school, they are now going to college.

The fall semester can be more challenging with the weather getting colder, but the kids faithfully came regardless of the rain, wind, snow, because they truly love Sunday School.

So much happened in 2008 i'm excited to see what God has instore for us in 2009.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-22T18:53:00.000-08:00

Snow arrived on the last day of sidewalk 2008. It was so beautiful outside (this is the view from my window) We were all excited to go out in the snow and we knew the kids would be out, as they love snow.

When we arrived on site we had a snow ball fight with the kids it was so much fun, the snow was still falling, the kids were having a great time

We are committed to go out and do sidewalk whatever the weather is, the kids and parents know that it doesn't matter what the weather is we are going to be there for them.

The last week of sidewalk we gave Christmas presents to the kids, we gave out over 20,000 wrapped presents, for some kids its the only gift that they will get this christmas and they were truly excited and grateful for it. We are thankful for the churches and individuals that enabled the ministry to pay for christmas presents for all the kids.

Semester has now come to an end in New York, it was an awesome climax. I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Summer Camp 2008

2008-11-15T06:05:00.000-08:00

Our faithful kids that come to sunday school every week have sponsors, and some of their sponsors paid for them to go to summer camp in Aug 2008. So I was able to take some of my kids away to camp, it was for three days and the kids had an awesome time. They were so excited to go, when they were there they were able to really enjoy the freedom of being a kid, they were able to go swimming, fishing, play games, we had alot of fun activities for them in a very safe environment which the kids don't have where they live surrounded by gang violence etc, some of their parents don't like for them to be outside long as they don't want them to be caught up in the violence that is going on, some of my kids/families live in fear. So it was great to take them away and see the joy on their face.

I was able to stay with my girls in the cabin it was great, as it deepened my relationship with them and I got to know there characters better and they opened up more about the struggles that they go through at home. It certainly deepened my love for each and everyone of them. We had a great time together.

In the morning and evenings we had chapel service, where the children had the freedom to praise God see video below

God showed up in a poweful way, children gave there lives to God, God healed alot of hurt that was in the hearts of the children, you could see the change in some of the children by the end of camp they had more peace, joy. Even now the children are speaking about there experience at camp, they are already excited to see if they can go back again next year. The kids are definitely passionate for God (some of the boys on the bus praising God)

New Semester

2008-11-01T20:31:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone a New Semester has begun for us at Metro Ministries, and with this new semester I was given the idea of keeping a blog of things that are happening here at Metro and I intend to keep it updated a minimum of every two weeks. The main reason i'm here is to reach out to inner city children for Christ, Metro Ministries was founded by Pastor Bill Wilson (featured in picture) around 27 years ago, He has dedicated his life to this ministry, he travels every single week to different parts of the world to raise money for the ministry, and inspire people to reach out, we recently celebrated Pastor Bill's 60th Birthday, Metro ministries it is now an international ministry located in many parts of the world. I have been a part of Metro Ministries now for a year and a half, for those of you who do not know much about the ministry I encourage you to log on to the website www.metroministries.org/, and to read Pastor Bill Wilson book Whose child is this which can be purchased from amazon.

"The cry of the ghetto is being heard by a nation with its fingers in its ears By Barbara Sizemore." The children here in the inner city live in a very tough environment having to face situations i have never had to face as a child such as gang violence, shot outs, physical/sexual/emotional abuse, murders, poor education etc. The need is so great in the inner city and i'm determined to not turn a blind eye or a deaf ear but to make a difference in this part of the world for the kingdom of God.

Tuesday-Friday I go out as part of my team to projects in the inner city, and do sidewalk sunday school for the kids in the area, we minister to around 150-200 kids a day. Every Wednesday I go out on visitation to three of the projects called Howard Houses, Sethlow and Glenmore. Visitation is really a time a building relationships with the kids and parents, and handing out flyers to the kids about what we will be doing at sidewalk sunday school the following day. Every Saturday we do indoor sunday school where we bus in around 1500 kids ever session (we run three sessions)

I will update this blog with testimonies, things that have happened on site etc, I will have to do a bit of back dating as there has been things that have happened in the past, which is well worth a read. God bless you all, and I thank you for your support, and prayers.

Nacirema's Miracle

2008-11-01T20:27:00.000-07:00

June 2008 a few weeks before the end of Spring Semester Nacirema came to me and told me that she had written a song, the song goes:- "I Thank you Lord for my miracle, you made a way out of no way, you turned my darkness into day, yes I thank you Lord, Yes thank you Lord for my miracle." she did sing this song on sidewalk sunday school. On July 20th 2008 a man driving a car hit her as she was crossing the road the force of the hit threw her into the air to the height of the grocery store. The driver came out of the car and called her a stupid little b* and drove off. When I arrived back from my vacation I heard what had happened and by then (it was around two weeks later) she was out of the coma I went to the hospital and I thought she would have broken bones etc.
But when I went to see her she had no broken bones, no bruises, no cuts (picture 2) I thought this is a miracle. But then her mom said she has a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain and she dosn't speak, doctors were saying it would take her a year for her speech to recover. But then God reminded me of the song he had given to Nacirema and he said to me the follow scripture 2 Corinthians 1:20 "For all the promises of God in Him are yes and in Him Amen" All I needed to do was stand and believe that God was going to heal her completely. I didn't believe it would take a year. I kept going to see her in hospital in August she was much brighter, and she could communicate by pointing to a yes/no sheet next to her or nooding her head, she understood everything you said to her (picture 3),

On September 10th 2008 breakthrough happened she said her first few words to her grandma "I Love You." "I miss you." She was strong enough to move around in a wheelchair and she took her first few steps

Two weeks ago Nacirema was released from hospital, Nacirema can now walks strong enough without the need for a wheelchair she has to wear a helmet still for protection(picutre 5) around 90% of her speech is recovered, the guy driving the car was caught. Doctors said it was going to take a year but God said different, Glory be to God, he truly is a miracle working God.