{"id":3284,"date":"2019-08-01T07:22:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T07:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2019\/08\/01\/it-s-tough-being-married-to-pharaoh\/"},"modified":"2019-08-01T07:22:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T07:22:22","slug":"it-s-tough-being-married-to-pharaoh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/it-s-tough-being-married-to-pharaoh\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s tough being married to Pharaoh"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 August 2019 | Ardingly, UK [Victor Hulbert]  <\/p>\n

If you think it is tough being pharaoh, try being pharaoh’s wife! That was the mantle Melissa Myklebust assumed for the second of her talks to the 4,000 Pathfinders attending the TED camporee at the South of England Showground in Ardingly, West Sussex on Wednesday, 31 July.<\/p>\n

\"VJH07593<\/a>Carefully leading the campers through the various plagues of Egypt, and using visual aids, she argued with Pharaoh that he should listen to Moses and let the Israelites go. However, the more she argued the more stubborn Pharaoh became, right until the moment they lost their first-born son.<\/p>\n

\"VJH07591<\/a>Melissa\u2019s skill is in visualising the Bible story to make it understandable to children. \u201cI think back to what I remembered of sermons and talks when I was a ten-year-old at such events,\u201d she said. \u201cI try to use visual aids so they will remember something.\u201d She sees this as even more important as, for many campers, English is their second language.<\/p>\n

\"VJH07603\"<\/a>Melissa leads Teen\u2019s ministry in Norway, and she believes this has helped her in preparation. She prays that her preparation pays off. \u201cI hope they are going to go home and think God is cool,\u201d she says. More importantly, \u201cthat God cares for His people whoever they are and whatever they are going through, and that Jesus can save them.\u201d<\/p>\n