{"id":6344,"date":"2012-11-29T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=6344"},"modified":"2012-11-29T08:44:31","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T16:44:31","slug":"fireflies-update-from-the-heart-of-a-new-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2012\/11\/29\/fireflies-update-from-the-heart-of-a-new-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireflies Update: From the Heart of a New Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>by Mabel Tse<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve had the privilege of serving in the Fireflies\u2019 Ministry since 2005. \u00a0For the past seven years, the Fireflies\u2019 Ministry has gone through many changes and it\u2019s been so neat watching God shape this ministry. \u00a0I initially joined nursery because I love children of all ages and wanted to practice sharing the gospel with infants and toddlers. \u00a0It\u2019s been such a humbling experience, to say the least. \u00a0At times, I found myself focusing too much on how cute the babies were and how I just wanted to have fun with them, rather than seeing them as lost souls in need of hearing God\u2019s truth. \u00a0It\u2019s so easy to get caught up in the external behavior rather than addressing the heart issues.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since having Abigail, I\u2019m thankful to have another perspective towards nursery\u2026 the perspective of a parent dropping their child off into the care of others. \u00a0It is difficult letting go and trusting someone else with someone so precious to you. \u00a0One of the things I love about nursery is that we have ladies from all walks of life\u2026 from collegians to singles, from married ladies without children to married ladies with children. \u00a0Recently there have been a lot of ladies who have stepped down from staff but God has provided many more ladies who\u2019ve joined. \u00a0I can understand how with so many new faces, it might make it more difficult letting go of your child. \u00a0But the thing that reassures me is knowing the commitment that the Fireflies\u2019 staff has to sharing the Gospel to our little ones and focusing on addressing the heart.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m thankful that Fireflies provides opportunities for infants and toddlers to learn about God. \u00a0It\u2019s also wonderful seeing the ladies on our staff encourage one another and learn from one another. \u00a0This ministry is not only an opportunity to teach infants and toddlers but also an informal discipleship ministry between the ladies on staff. \u00a0Within our staff, I\u2019ve witnessed many conversations where collegians will ask singles and married ladies questions on how to be a godly woman. \u00a0I\u2019ve seen how the older women took on Titus 2:3-5 roles and made the most of opportunities to teach the younger women how to love children. \u00a0Likewise, I\u2019ve heard from many singles and married ladies about how encouraged they are after talking with the collegians and experiencing their zeal and passion for God.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God continues to bless the Fireflies\u2019 Ministry with more children&#8230;by the end of this year, there will be twenty new babies!! Despite all the new changes, the goal of Fireflies staff remains the same&#8230;planting seeds of truth in the hearts of the little ones and ultimately praying that God will bless them with salvation. \u00a0Let us continue to pray for the Fireflies\u2019 Ministry to pass on God\u2019s Word to the youngest members of our congregation and pray for the salvation of these souls!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mabel Tse I\u2019ve had the privilege of serving in the Fireflies\u2019 Ministry since 2005. \u00a0For the past seven years, the Fireflies\u2019 Ministry has gone through many changes and it\u2019s been so neat watching God shape this ministry. \u00a0I initially joined nursery because I love children of all ages and wanted to practice sharing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affinity-groups","category-childrens"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6344"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6945,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6344\/revisions\/6945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}