Bible Study Adventuring

Our Bible study went on an adventure Sunday night for two reasons.

1)  For the first time in almost a year of meeting, there was someone in the exercise room when we wanted to start class.  The gall of that person!  Wanting to use the room for its intended purpose!  I joke, but she did have first right to the room.  So, we had to go to plan B.  We had no plan B.  What to do?  Between Woody and I plus a quick conversation with the front desk person, we decided to meet at the table in the lobby.  Pulling up four chairs to the laptop on the table, we watched 90 minutes of Beth Moore's latest lecture on Deuteronomy.  People came and went through the lobby.  One apologized for interrupting our meeting.  One lady fell coming up the stairs.  Others dropped their heads or tried to ignore us.  We were prominently on display in the lobby, and I wonder what that did in the spiritual realm.  Could he be claiming this ground for his own?  More on that one day.

2)  For background information, I had a God moment when I said something at church to a friend about the Bible study.  I was explaining to her why our daughter could not come to Bible Quizzing like I thought back at the beginning of school.  I said, "We all have a job with the Bible study.  My husband watches the children while I study with the ladies.  Our daughter ...," I paused.  I filled it in with enjoys playing.  In my mind that did not cover what I was feeling.  Not five minutes later she comes to me with her arms full of Samaritans Purse Operation Christmas Child boxes. (www.samaritianspurse.org)  She says she wants the children at the Bible Study to fill them.  I was shocked.  There it was.  She was doing her job - hearing the Holy Spirit and obeying for the children.  She even said that I know the Lord wants me to put my ant eater in a box.  I stood amazed.  Somewhere in the world a little child is in need of a tiny stuffed animal still with the tags on it!

After reading the materials she handed me, I contacted our three ladies planning a packing party for the children at our next meeting.  When the project was complete, the children had packed four boxes with toys, candy, school supplies, and hygiene products.  One Mom also provided the cash to ship three of the boxes.  We also had the most children ever that night - 8.   Two were older, and they were a great help with the personalized notes prepared for the boxes.

Adventure one took us to another location in the hotel.  Adventure two took us around the world.  WOW!