Praying for students

Sorry this is ened up so long! Oh well...
A little over a week ago I got an idea to have lunch one-on-one with students to get to know them better and to ask them for specific prayer requests. I was excited about the idea but I wasn't sure how to go about it. I have a couch in my room, so I thought it would be nice to eat in there, but I wasn't sure of the logistics of getting lunch (the line is often slow). Then I started getting nervous about the kids not wanting to and having awkward moments of chewing in front of each other with only me wanting to talk. But, since I think the idea came from the H.S., I had to get past those fears. I prayed and asked a few other people to pray with me and asked them for ideas. And, there was some pressure because the school year's almost over. I decided to focus on the Freshmen.

Last week all I was able to do was to ask the kids to write on the bottom of their vocab quiz 3 things they would like to eat for lunch. I didn't tell them what it was about. (I love creating mystery in class.)

This really was one of those times when I felt it was hard to trust God and take a step of faith. It may seem silly, but I guess it's because I know I have a lot of other things to keep up with at the same time. And, of course, I'm not doing it the most simple way. Of course, this is my life. I wanted this to be special. A lot of them had written down lasagna and I really wanted to make that for them. But there is also the problem of heating things up, etc. And, I have 15 Freshmen and there were 15 days of school left, including yesterday.

Yesterday morning I had no classes until 11:00, so I went to the store and got several different kinds of drinks, coke, sprite, propel water, sport shakes, etc. and ingredients for lasagna, brownies and cookies. I had to give R the car because he had an appointment, so I dropped off the drinks at school and then I walked to the local "fast food" place. I got a cheeseburger and fries and put them in a casserole holder that has a "hotpack".

Before class I put the drinks out on my table (more mystery) and I announced my plan to them, trying to make it sound like it would not be weird, awkward and long. (i.e. they don't have to stay the whole lunch period If they don't want to.) Then I said I would be starting right away. I asked the kids to stand up if they would like to eat a cheeseburger and fries for lunch and if they were available to eat lunch w/ me that day. I asked them to sit down if they hadn't done their journal. I asked them to sit down if they hadn't kept up with reading Romeo & Juliet. I was left with 4 students. I put their names on pieces of paper & had a student choose one. I had the rest of them write their names on a calendar for which day they would like to have lunch w/ me. I told them that if they really didn't want to have lunch with me, they could just write their name down and not show up that day. Then, I had a lovely lunch with Bianca. It wasn't awkward at all.

This morning I prayed for Bianca, made lasagna which I will freeze in individual pieces (it was way too hot last night) and I'm praying about the rest of my lunches.
Please pray with me. Thanks, Carol