Praise for answered prayers

Just a little example of how God is faithful and how he answers prayer. Yesterday was the first day of Sunday School for the new term. Sunday School generally runs smoothly but there are a few difficulties that occasionally arise. The first one is that there is hardly anyone in the girls' class, and often no-one to teach them when the girls actually do turn up. The second one is that the boys, who are in my class, can get really rowdy and distracted, and two of them in particular can get aggressive towards eachother. High energy and noise in Sunday School is fine...it's just when they're so distracted they don't actually learn anything then it's a problem.

So, it's always really important to pray before a lesson. I prayed that God would bring the kids in my class to church, and that they would be settled and able to learn. I also prayed that there would be some girls, and that the girls' teacher would turn up (she'd been very busy over the last few days with family commitments so I wasn't sure). The service started and there were very few kids. During the time of worship and singing at the start of the service, they arrived: about five boys (this is almost all the regulars) and one girl. The girls' teacher arrived about five minutes before Sunday School started! Praise the Lord for this answer to prayer!

The boys in my class were lovely, and were very attentive. We played some games to get them running around, but then when it was time for the lesson, they paid attention and showed they were actually learning the main concept. Of course there was some noise and some silliness but nothing that got out of control. We're looking at the book of Ephesians over the next few weeks, so yesterday the kids looked at the idea that God has adopted us as his children. The kids can now pronounce the word 'Ephesians' which is more than they could do at the beginning of the lesson! I am so thankful to God for how he answers our prayers in so many different ways.