A New Year

I can't believe that we have already begun a new semester at The Compass! Christmas seems like ages ago! But we had a great time celebrating Christmas at The Compass. The kids were able to a whole bunch of activities and crafts...thanks to one of our volunteers, Caroline Weldy! She brought in lots of crafts for the kids to do......from making little turkeys out of cookies for Thanksgiving, to decorating Christmas ornaments with their pictures, and of course, decorating Christmas cookies! Most of the cookies looked like little mountains of sprinkles! The kids really enjoyed it!

It's always a fun time of year to be able to really focus on Christmas and the reason that we celebrate. We have a lot of new kids this year, so we don't always know what they've been taught. But it was great to hear them talking about Jesus being the real reason for celebrating.

As we are beginning a new year, I am excited to see how God will work. It's always hard to tell how kids will get along and how things will go, but this school year has really been a fun one! It's been great so far getting to know the newer children and keep deepening relationships with the kids who have been coming a little longer. It's great to see God at work and my prayer for this year is that we see the kids come to a deeper understanding of who He is!