Week 4 !

Wow we are already done with week 4 of my Children at Risk school the weeks are flying by and every week we are taught something new and exciting this journey has been amazing there has been some tough things that have come up and God is working in my life making me a new and better person and it is amazing to watch as time passes just how much God wants us to change if we are only willing to let him have control. This week the speaker was Michelle Grimes and she came to teach us on Discipline /punishment which was a very interesting concept for me because all my life I had viewed them as the same thing she gave us lots of little tips on when working with children what to do and what not to do. we worked a lot in partners coming up with different scenario to better teach and understand children the difference between discipline and punishment is Discipline is setting boundaries for children and in a loving way setting them straight in what they did wrong and Punishment inflicted by way of correction and training Instruction that corrects mold or perfects. This week has been especially good for me with doing so much babysitting and working with children over the years it help me understand them a little better and gave me more creative ideas on what to do and also gave me pointers of what not to do , one of the biggest things I took away from this week which actually kind of shock me when Michelle said it is to never ever tell a child you are proud of them when they do a good job on a project because then if say the next time they don’t do as good of job the child will feel unloved and they will look for love in only performing a good job rather then in just being a good student like will look for praise in there achievements rather then in there normal life. Some of the really cool things we did this week was just kind of acting out some scenarios of children and how we are to react with each one which help me a lot and just gave me so much more understanding of what to do when working with kids. Kids need structure and love and they also need for us to be tough even the trouble kids need us to be tough but yet in a loving way. I also had the privileged to be able to go twice to do metro ministry working with children and just getting out and playing with the children was a super awesome time for me and just continues to break my heart for them as I watch the children live in these places yes they are loved but they have know where to play except for a dead in hill and they are starving for attention and some needing medical help which the parents are to poor to pay for . My eyes are continually being opened up to the needs around us and my heart is continually growing in love for the children in the world . Please continue to keep me in your thoughts and prayers as I continue on this amazing Journey which God has led me on and just pray for me for direction as far as where to do my outreach and also financial support as well.