BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

*****Jenni's story continues on this page***** ************************************** November Read Through the Bible Old Testament/Psalms Sat 1 Jer. 50-51 / Ps. 88 Sun 2 Jer. 52; Lam. 1 / Ps. 89 Mon 3 Lam. 2-3 / Ps. 90 Tue 4 Lam. 4-5 / Ps. 91 Wed 5 Ezek. 1-3 / Ps. 92-93 Thu 6 Ezek. 4-5 / Ps. 94 Fri 7 Ezek. 6-7 / Ps. 95 Sat 8 Ezek. 8-9 / Ps. 96 Sun 9 Ezek. 10-11 / Ps. 97 Mon 10 Ezek. 12-13 / Ps. 98 Tue 11 Ezek. 14-15 / Ps. 99 Wed 12 Ezek. 16-18 / Ps. 100-101 Thu 13 Ezek. 19-20 / Ps. 102 Fri 14 Ezek. 21-22 / Ps. 103 Sat 15 Ezek. 23-24 / Ps. 104 Sun 16 Ezek. 25-26 / Ps. 105 Mon 17 Ezek. 27-28 / Ps. 106 Tue 18 Ezek. 29-30 / Ps. 107 Wed 19 Ezek. 31-33 / Ps. 108-109 Thu 20 Ezek. 34-35 / Ps. 110 Fri 21 Ezek. 36-37 / Ps. 111 Sat 22 Ezek. 38-39 / Ps. 112 Sun 23 Ezek. 40-41 / Ps. 113 Mon 24 Ezek. 42-43 / Ps. 114 Tue 25 Ezek. 44-45 / Ps. 115 Wed 26 Ezek. 46-48 / Ps. 116-117 Thu 27 Dan. 1-2 / Ps. 118 Fri 28 Dan. 3-4 / Ps. 119:1-24 Sat 29 Dan. 5-6 / Ps. 119:25-49 Sun 30 Dan. 7-8 / Ps. 119:50-72 “Read Through the Bible in a Year Plan” written by Marilyn Hickey, and used by permission. ************************************** Not by Sight “Those were difficult years,” Jenni recalls. “My dad left a great career and moved to Texas with enough money for us to live on for six months. However, it took a year and a half for him to find work. We not only ran out of money, but there were times when we had no food. My parents understood the power of their words so they never spoke about our problems to anyone. “Years before, an older man had mentored my dad. He gave him a tape by Kenneth Copeland and told him to listen to it. Dad was also told to memorize 100 scriptures and the man drilled him on them every week, promising that it would change his life. “Not long afterward, when I was 4½ years old, one of my legs stopped growing and I couldn’t walk. The doctor said, ‘Your daughter will end up in a wheelchair and there’s nothing we can do. Find a support group.’ My parents were new to the faith message but they dove into healing scriptures. They listened to Gloria’s "Healing School." They flooded me with scriptures and told everyone I was healed. After six months, I was worse and they lost most of their friends. Gradually, over the next six months, my leg began to grow. After a year, I was healed. “My parents knew how faith in God’s Word worked, but they’d never been in a situation where they had no income, no friends and couldn’t even find their place in the church. Even worse, we had left a church we loved! They wanted nothing more than to go back home to California. Instead, my parents held family meetings so we could all talk about the situation. In the end, regardless of our circumstances, they each believed they had heard from God about moving to Texas. Besides, my dad reminded us that faith doesn’t quit and we weren’t quitters.” The Test of Time For three long years there wasn’t a single sign in the natural suggesting they had made the right decision to move to Texas. In the intervening years the first Superkid movie, "The Intruder," had been filmed. Then in 1993, Dana and Linda got a call from George and Terri Pearsons. “We’re taking over as pastors of EMIC,” they said. “Do you still want to make Superkid Academy a real place?” The answer was a resounding, “Yes!” Now in high school, Jenni became part of the core team that launched Superkid Academy. They were given the small airplane hangar on the property of KCM, which had also been used as the set for the movie. Although the hangar had no heat, air conditioning or insulation, Jenni gasped with delight when she saw the tall, black SuperTranslator portal that had been used for the movie. The movie set looked similar to the command center from the TV series "Star Trek," complete with keyboards and blinking lights. They found Techno the robot and dusted off the wings for the Superkid logo. The message they taught was groundbreaking: You don’t have to wait until you’re grown to make a difference with God. It was a new concept at the time, unheard of in most churches. The idea was to train and empower children to do the work of the ministry now. Fulfilling the Call “We instituted our Cadet Training Program on Wednesday nights,” Jenni remembers. “We created stations and divided the children into squads. A squad would go to the Sword Sharpening Station, to the Prayer Power Station and to the Physical Challenge. We even taught them etiquette. They were scored and tested at the end of each cycle and they earned things like their Cadet Training hat. “Each time they moved up in rank, they qualified for different levels of ministry. Age had nothing to do with it. We taught them that God was entrusting more ministry responsibility to them as they matured in Him. For instance, it didn’t matter if a child was only 8, once he or she had reached a certain level they were moved into Sunday morning ministry. 14 : BVOV

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