Clay Pots, as a ministry, is going to be hosting a garage sale to be located in the Waukesha Bible Church parking lot. The times are going to be from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Thursday August 19th, Friday August 20th, and Saturday August 21st. We are raising money for a couple things. We would like to send Jason to a Spanish immersion school in Central America this winter. We and the Hispanics we work with, feel like this will be the very best thing to give Jason the needed concentration and time to go from conversational Spanish to complete fluency so he can begin teaching small group Bible studies, etc. And we would like to use the $ raised by the garage sale to purchase some curriculum to be used in small group Bible studies. If you have anything you would like to donate or get rid of, you can give us a call at 262-501-8487 (Jason) or 262-501-8206 (Kellie), and we will arrange the details with you. Or feel free to just drop things off by the barn in the church parking lot. Thanks to all of you who have already been donating items, it is greatly appreciated.
It has been a privilege to be able to be used by God in the lives of people around us. We were able to donate some items to help a needy church with their garage sale and are looking at ways to help them with a homeless shelter, Jason has been invited over to a man's house in order to help him practice his English, and the lines of communication with another couple have opened up and trust is being built. It is great to be meeting new people and hearing their stories and hearing what it is like for them, and some of the difficulties they face in the U.S. We can empathize with them as to what it is like to live in a foreign culture and feel it an honor as they start to trust us and ask us to be a part of their lives and families. Our children have been a big part of this as well as we were invited over to a birthday party for a 6 year old Mexican boy that Malachi has befriended. The two boys play "UNO" together with his mom to help them learn English. When I told Malachi to be sure not to be bossy during the game, he replied, "dont worry mom, I cant tell them what to do, I cant speak their language:-)"
Pray that we can continue to demonstrate Christ's love in tangible ways.
His Clay Pots,
Jason, Kellie, Micah (11), Sophia (9), and Malachi (6) Knapp
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