P31derful

Not making the grade in my marketing class, not working as much as I had planned this summer, my car dying on my way home from BG was just not a great start to my summer.  The Lord said once again, Do you really trust me Alyssa?  I responded, Yes Lord but no.  


I was rushing home so that I could help with a fashion show.  This wasn't just any fashion show.  This was a P31 fashion show.  You may be asking yourself, What is P31?  P31 stands for Proverbs 31.  In my journey to seek the Lord's plan for my ministry with young girls, he brought me Kim Wiggington.  Kim started this Bible study for young girls and their mom's so that they can learn together what it means to be a Proverbs 31 woman.  She just so happened to have graduated at WKU with the same major that I am studying. (God thing?...I think so.)  So I emailed Kim just asking her how she got started and what the Lord has done with her ministry.  She has so graciously allowed for me to come alongside her this summer and be involved in P31.  Praise the Lord. 


 So that brings us to last night.  It was the end of the 31 week bible study that was placed in different homes and it was time to celebrate. Each year there is a Mother/Daughter Tea evening where they come and rejoice in what the Lord had done in each of their groups.  I got to run the fashion show.  In the fashion show there were 3 scenes: a home scene where they show off their aprons they made, a fitness scene where they have jump ropes and jog on stage, and a Cinderella scene where they are escorted by their father's on stage.  After only rehearsing 3 hours the night before, the girls did great! 


 It was such a humbling experience to be a part of that night. Some of the girls shared their testimonies of how the Lord used P31 to work in them.  An 8 year old girl said, " I loved P31 because it taught me how to read the Bible and what the words meant."  Praise the Lord.  I can't say that I would have said that at the age of 8.  


It was so neat to see how many were impacted by P31.  Kim started P31 with her 3 daughters and it has continued to grow tremendously.  Just last year there were 20 girls who participated in the fashion show and this year there were 40.  There were many other girls who were not involved in the fashion show.  I was encouraged to think that the Lord could have a ministry for me.  I thank God for Kim and P31.  


The Lord has his plan for me being home this summer and I am delighted to see how he continues to open up doors.