Last night, after listening to a video session by Howard Hendricks aIMG_7594bout knowing the needs of your class, I decided that I would do a survey in my classes today to see what their needs really were. The survey was fairly simple, with four basic questions: What is the biggest problem in your life right now? What makes you sad? What are you most afraid of? And what makes you feel the most loved? What an eye-opener these turned out to be! These were some of their answers from two third and fourth grade classes:

For the biggest problem in their life, the answers were heartbreaking. One said “I don’t know who or where my Dad is” another said that people picking on her was her biggest DSC_6083problem, another said diabetes. They went on and the answers got deeper about what their fears were and what makes them sad. I don’t know about you, but personally, my problems just got a whole lot smaller. I seem to get so wrapped up in my own world that I forget to think of the things others are going through!

-Emma Howell