25 results for tag: cbm interns

Five Things Teaching Has Taught Me About the Teacher

CBM National intern, Paul Daly -  These past few weeks, I have been under the tutelage of Mrs. Judy Virgili, of CBM’s Cornerstone Ministry Center in southwest PA.  Judy is a pioneer in Released Time and a fantastic teacher to children. She has taught me many things concerning how to communicate the gospel clearly to children, how to prepare a lesson, how to ask them questions, and how to catch and keep their attention. Now that I have had the opportunity to have students of my own, I can reflect back on what I was like as a student of their age. It was difficult for me to route my train of thought to match my teacher’s. Nine times ...

The Ways that Camp Life is like Family

By CBM National intern, Timmy Martens - Over the course of the last eight months, while traveling for my internship with Children’s Bible Ministries, I have had the privilege of building relationships with people from all over the United States. Whether it be the middle of nowhere in Southern Alabama, or surrounded by tourists in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, I am blessed with these awesome, short experiences with people I barely know, that leave indelible fingerprints of God in my life. My time at Cornerstone Ministry Center in Southwestern Pennsylvania has been no exception.  I recently connected with someone at one of the events. We ...

Persevere: Keep Holding On

By CBM National intern, Devyn Polk - Have you ever felt like giving up? Like it's not worth it? That no matter how hard you try, something goes wrong? I sure have! Here's a little bit of my story... I was bullied a lot. You know, things like being called fat and ugly. It was really hard for me. I tried starving myself and had the desire to hurt myself in other ways. By the age of 17, after holding so much in, I felt like I needed to let it out somehow. So what did I do? I tried harming myself externally to try and relieve the internal pain. But the “relief” I felt was temporary. God quickly showed me that wasn’t the path He wanted ...

New Adventures and Beautiful Faces

By CBM National interns, Scott and Jerri Carpenter - As CBM National interns, we get to travel a lot. I think we all love that we are getting to go to a new place, but not all of us love the driving portion of it. No matter what we are doing, even driving, we do it all for the glory of God! During these long trips (or even sometimes the short ones) conversations are had, thoughts are processed, and/or prayers are belted out. With us (Scott and Jerri), we get to do all of these things together! Why not take advantage of this awesome time God has given us? Sometimes the conversations are fun and bubbly , and other times, they are more ...

Just Wait

By CBM National intern, Mark Martens- The term “wait,” as defined by Merriam-Webster, is “to stay in a place until an expected event happens, until someone arrives, until it is your turn to do something, etc.” I will be honest with you; sometimes I find it hard to wait. In fact, when I think about it, I have a really hard time waiting. From the first time that my alarm goes off, I am already off thinking about what the day has ahead of me. I then proceed to keep myself busy for the majority of the day. However, on days like these, I can find myself exhausted and that’s when I’m reminded of a certain truth.   In Isaiah ...