Praise the Lord! Today, the students were able to raise the money we needed for our Christmas party outreaches. The money we collected is even doubled than what we really needed. God is indeed good. The SC saw how God worked through our prayers. I believe this is one of my personal purpose for them to personally experience God.
Yesterday, as we count the shoeboxes, we discovered that we still lack 100 boxes for the home for the aged. Our president was in panic and she started to call her mom to ask her to start canvassing blankets. I told her not to panic, and since prayer already worked the first time, it will work again the second time, all she needs is to pray and have faith. Today, a parent called up informing us that since they are also ministering to the same group that we would be visiting, they have prepared 100 boxes of gifts to add to our shoeboxes. They didn't even know that we lack 100 boxes. Isn't that amazing. The SC were so surprised about this matter. I praise God for He continuous to reveal Himself to the students.
I also praise God for the students are really excited in planning for the outreaches. It would be the first time for our students to go out for outreaches simultaneously. This is also the first time, class officers are being empowered to organize such events. I believe this is an opportunity to discover leadership skills among our students and hope we can hone them further as the opportunity arises.
Praise God for all these things that are happening. I thank God also for giving me an opportunity to minister to our young people. I really hope that all of our students can come to experience God in a deep and personal way.
To God be All the Glory!!!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Christmas Shoe Box
It is my first project with our Student Council, "Christmas Shoebox."
We agreed to do something different this year. Instead of having a popularity contest to raise funds for the less fortunate. We agreed to ask all students to get an adult rubber shoebox and fill it up with new stuffs like clothes, toys, books, towels etc. Each year level was assigned an specific age group of recipients. They are to gift wrap the shoebox and place it in their classroom as an added Christmas decor for their class. At first, we wanted this to be done by the elementary and high school students but the pre-school also wanted to join the activity to raise social awareness.
We also agreed additional work for high school students by assigning each batch to a particular organization to help distribute the shoeboxes. They are also asked to create a Christmas party for these less fortunate kids with a budget of 50 pesos per head. This one really gave them a headache. Since everyone is used to spending much for parties. One officer was even so surprised in the meeting saying, "50 pesos is not enough for a Jollibee Christmas Party per head." I told them, you guys better cook. Through this activity, I wanted them to learn the value of money.
I challenge the SC to go to the grocery to canvass prices which they did and realized that the 50 pesos per head was really enough to create a good party for their target audience. This will be the first time the whole student body are being mobilized to do such simultaneously activity. I was glad that the homeroom advisers and some faculty members were also glad to help the students their preparation for such an outreach project.
The next question will be - where will we get the money to raise the needed funds? We decided to collect any amount students are willing to give. Some members of the SC was hesitant because according to last year's experience they were not able to raise more than a thousand pesos (if my memory serves me right). But anyway, I just encouraged them to commit all things to God through prayer. I hope they will experience the power of prayer through this opportunity.
So, we set a weekly prayer meeting to pray for this event.
We agreed to do something different this year. Instead of having a popularity contest to raise funds for the less fortunate. We agreed to ask all students to get an adult rubber shoebox and fill it up with new stuffs like clothes, toys, books, towels etc. Each year level was assigned an specific age group of recipients. They are to gift wrap the shoebox and place it in their classroom as an added Christmas decor for their class. At first, we wanted this to be done by the elementary and high school students but the pre-school also wanted to join the activity to raise social awareness.
We also agreed additional work for high school students by assigning each batch to a particular organization to help distribute the shoeboxes. They are also asked to create a Christmas party for these less fortunate kids with a budget of 50 pesos per head. This one really gave them a headache. Since everyone is used to spending much for parties. One officer was even so surprised in the meeting saying, "50 pesos is not enough for a Jollibee Christmas Party per head." I told them, you guys better cook. Through this activity, I wanted them to learn the value of money.
I challenge the SC to go to the grocery to canvass prices which they did and realized that the 50 pesos per head was really enough to create a good party for their target audience. This will be the first time the whole student body are being mobilized to do such simultaneously activity. I was glad that the homeroom advisers and some faculty members were also glad to help the students their preparation for such an outreach project.
The next question will be - where will we get the money to raise the needed funds? We decided to collect any amount students are willing to give. Some members of the SC was hesitant because according to last year's experience they were not able to raise more than a thousand pesos (if my memory serves me right). But anyway, I just encouraged them to commit all things to God through prayer. I hope they will experience the power of prayer through this opportunity.
So, we set a weekly prayer meeting to pray for this event.
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