When I think back many years of the tutoring program at Verbo Church in Redwood City that was launched around the needs of a camper who had no help at home who needed help. Then pastors prayed together and the program started with just a few children once a week and a few volunteers from Verbo Church mixed with other church volunteers.
Today, I learned from Patty Cardona, that the program has grown to two days a week and one day after school has extended hours that go from 1 to 6pm. This gives a great deal more time to the 20 children benefiting from all the help.
Here in Idaho, we have a seed tutoring program under Angie Daniels that is growing. One little boy was not doing well in school in any area but now with help of his tutor, he has become a "whiz kid at math". This little acorn or encouragement inside him will grow.
Now we have interest coming from a sister city called Caldwell. There are people praying for a little 8-year-old boy whose Dad left, a mother lost a job, this boy has anger issues. He needs help and we trust that soon we will have a tutoring program like in Nampa and in time both of these cities will have acorns inside children that will grow, with God, into strong oaks of righteousness.
Never forget the acorn.
You can either scrunch it under your foot or you can plant it in a child for life!
