Hannah- Studying to shew herself approved unto God

Hannah was pleased this year to be able to attend the CYIA (Christian Youth In Action) training camp for the first 2 weeks in June. CYIA is a ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) and this training session was held in Newton, Kansas at a Christian school/church.
There were 69 young people who attended the training.

There were 2 ladies and 2 men's dorm rooms. These were Hannah's dorm cohabitants... 18 Young people from our church attended, which made it a little easier to adjust to being away from home.

Abigail Prigge

Bethany was Hannah's bunk-mate. They shared an air mattress.
Each morning, the kids had personal quiet time with the Lord... ...and chapel time in the church's sanctuary. This is a picture of the classroom. Before she came to camp, Hannah had spent a month working very hard on her assignments and memory work to prepare for camp ... ..but she states that the study during their training week was much more gruelling! Hannah said she had never studied so hard in her whole life! The kids were challenged to pick apart various passages of scripture, and learn how to present the Gospel using Old and New Testament stories, as well as memorize the scriptures needed to present the Gospel message in a way that even little children could understand. After a very difficult week, we were able to go to Newton and attend church with Hannah. After church, the cooks made a fabulous lunch for the trainees and their families. This is the CYIA trainees singing a special music number at the church that day.


I was glad to hear that they were able to relax and rest their minds on occasion.
Hannah with Mackenzie and Breanna- friends from our church

They played some organized sports, as well as Foosball

and ping pong.

The second week of training was for practical application.

Each young person learned to give a Bible lesson, sharing the plan of salvation.

(Hannah's 2nd team-(left)Cory Sundquist, Johnie Adkins, Hannah, and Anna Flora...and Anthony Monteleone,(right) who was on staff)

They teach a missionary story, memory verses and lead singing. They were graded on each of these disciplines-which were called "practicums".

The kids split into teams and headed out to 23 different locations to share the gospel with a group of children in various neighborhoods around the Newton and Wichita areas.

Hannah's first team (Zachary Klassen, Katie Stewart, and Hannah) didn't have any children come to club the first two days, so they divided the three of them to teams that needed them the most.

Hannah and Anna Flora

Hannah's 2nd club met at the Salvation Army camp "Hiawatha". There were 4 CYIA students teaching this group, which had up to 28 children in attendance each day.

For 5 days, they are taught the basic Biblical teaching of believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, and living for Him. They had Bible lessons, Missionary story time which emphasized the Gospel, Singing time, and a time to memorize Scripture.A young man in Hannah's group presenting the Bible lesson for the day.

The highlight of Hannah's week:
The young man on the far left is Colby, and the young man on the far right is Cameron. Hannah had the privelege of leading both of these young men to the Lord on Thursday, which was the fulfillment of all of her training, not to mention one of the most exciting events in her life!

On Friday night after all of the club meetings had been completed, the young people all got to enjoy some ice cream at Braums.

Each of the students were graded on their disciplines and training several times during their 2 week session. Hannah passed all of her tests, giving her a "Senior Summer Missionary 2010 with Honors" certificate.

We all gathered on their last Saturday at a "Commissioning Banquet" at which time they would demonstrate some of what they had learned and to receive their certificates, as well as sharing another excellent meal prepared by volunteers.

One young lady called the children to the stage, and demonstrated the missionary story that they had presented to the children at the 5-day clubs.

The trainees sang a song for us at the banquet.

At each table, there were "jewels" bearing the name of each of the children who had heard the gospel that week. We were encouraged to take a jewel and pray for that child this summer.

Hannah- receiving her certificate

The CYIA class of 2010

In all, over 300 children heard the gospel during the 5 day clubs, and 60 children made professions of faith, desiring to know the Lord, and the grow in Him. However, we are also blessed to see the zeal and spiritual growth that occurred in Hannah's life as a result of this training. God used her training to develop a vision to share the Gospel, and have a burden for the lost. It has permeated other areas of her life as well such as a desire for the Word, prayer, and faith. We are grateful to God for leading her life.