Summer's almost DONE

This year many elementary and middle school students were only given about a month’s worth of vacation.  So as school starts up, we continue to keep them all connected and busy working for Jesus during their down time.  But soon, they’ll be back into the swing of things again!

Looking Ahead

Before the school year begins again, as a family we will be visiting family and friends to rest and refresh our own lives for the work ahead.  God is so good!

News

As we hand over the reins of the congregation to a Mexican pastor, we were encouraged by recent good news of a new project as part of the 1More4Christ church to start a sister congregation in the area with the assistance of the mother church.  I’m already looking ahead. Thank You, Lord!

New Men

In a move to refresh and revive the men in the church, two from the group decided to try something new.  They asked permission to change the meetings from Thursday evening at 8 to Saturday evenings at 7.  We had the pastoral candidate share a message and one of the invitees accepted Jesus into his life.  Wow, that’s powerful.  Didn’t see that coming!

About Missions

 

Kiana got a chance on Sunday to share some vivid pictures of her work in Uganda this summer with the congregation.  She wanted to express that the work to touch lives for Jesus is done, “Loving One By One.”  Great job, Kiana.

DAY 5 VBS

While song and dance was the highlight of the day, there were also healthy snacks to reassure the parents that their kids were well-taken-care-of.  What a program!  What a great opportunity to share Jesus with our neighbors!

DAY 4 VBS

 The kids managed to cover their fingers with glue and seeds as they created their own picture frames where they would eventually place their picture.  It was fun to watch them create and to finish in the time given to them.

DAY 3 VBS

Starting off with games, music, choreography, there were also Bible stories shared with all.  This year several of the stories were about Daniel.  Can you guess which one this one represents?

I’m sure you can get this second one!

DAY 2 VBS

We went around taking pics of the kids for a craft that they are going to do.  Both the teachers and their assistants (the youth) also got theirs taken and many made frames to put their pictures into.

DAY 1 VBS

As usual our first day of VBS was the most relaxing, 

working out the details and working with a small group.  

But that was the last of that!

While the activity started at 11 and ended at 1 p.m., the youth got together afterwards and went to pass out flyers to people in different parks in different adjacent communities.  We only had about 40 minutes because we got hurricane like rains after that.  So we found shelter at a local ice cream shop and just waited out the storm.

Learning the steps

Part of the VBS was to prepare a choreography each day for a new song for the kids to learn.  Our youth went out of their way to make this happen.  It was amazing how quickly they learned the steps.