I first met Lexi at 5-Day Club at her neighbors home in 2008 that I was teaching with one of our summer missionaries. Lexi came in and at first she was not sure whether or not she wanted to come. However, she stayed and came to club each day that week. As the week progressed, Lexi listened better but was very shy. By Friday of that week, Lexi responded to the gospel, but she was not really sure what she was doing. She prayed, but afterwards my teaching partner and I prayed and gave Lexi to God, knowing that He would help her understand more Himself.
The next year school, a friend invited Lexi to come to Good News Club. Lexi attended for several weeks toward the end of Good News Club. She seemed to really like coming and learning more about God. She was still shy, however. At the end of GNC that year she was still understanding more about God. I was very happy to see her come and that we were able to continue to minister to her.
This month, we came back to her school for GNC and Lexi was there the very first meeting with a huge smile on her face. She was talking and interacting more than I had ever seen before. When the invitation was given, Lexi responded. She told my teaching partner that she had never recieved Christ as Savior but she wanted to do so today. Afterwards, my teaching partner said she was certain Lexi understood and was now God's child. The next week we passed out Wonder Devotional books for the class to read their Bibles. Lexi was able to get a Bible too. Yesterday at club, Lexi comes running into Good News Club to tell me she had been reading her Bible and she found "the part about the burning bush and I highlighted it in my Bible." (We had used that passage as our Bible lesson the week before). Lexi has come full circle. She started not sure if she wanted to come, but now she came running into the arms of our Savior and is reading God's Word on her own.
I trust Lexi's story will encourage your heart as it does mine.
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