Some MORE youth

Here are some of the challenges that the youth faced in the other homes they visited during the meeting.

Hiding like a bump on a log…

When your disguise is so good they mistake you for…

 a laundry basket

Can you touch your toes?

Back to the Past…

Our family went on Sunday to visit a former church that we had planted.  To my surprise lots of things have changed.  I told Pastor Ignacio (pictured), “I felt like I was in a dream.”  Two of the new worship team musicians were youth in the group that I started there some 14 years ago.  And they were wailing away on their instruments.  Later at the end of the service, I found another one of the youth who returned to the congregation after so many years.  She’s an administrative assistant for the airlines.  We talked about starting up a new group in the Bread of Life church.  Pray with me that she accepts the challenge.  Her mom who wasn’t a Christian at the time is now attending.  God sure does it good!

MORE youth!

Yep, we’ve been invited several times to join our group with another one just a “stone’s throw” from ours across a bridge.  The leader of their group is a missionary and he is starting a new church too.  So we brought both groups together, but this time on “our” turf.  We don’t have a building like they do, so we invited them to our “park” bench where we sang songs, played games, studied the Bible and eventually went to different homes for some fun activities.  We enjoyed Bryan’s group and pray that their crew grows too.

 

One of the challenges was to draw freehand our logo on each other’s wrists.  What do you think?

See it NOW!

We managed to find a space in our schedule to put together a prayer letter to send to you and our supporters.  It shares what you might already know, but it does so for those who might not visit this site.  It’s called, “Pieters Perspective” NOW.  Have a look because Tracey put together the content and Keila the format.  It looks great!  If you would like to be on our prayer letter list, send us a note. 

Mission Impossible 2

In an effort to open up homes on these rainy Saturdays, the youth went out in teams of 3 and 4 to visit adults in the church and record their testimony on video – that is, how they came to know Jesus and the changes that ensued.  We had 3 adults set up for this.  They were parents of the youth.  They were willing, and the youth did the job quickly and accurately. What a great way to involve the parents.

That’s good! No, that’s bad!

Teaching about the story of Joseph in Genesis, the youth were treated to a “That’s good, no, that’s bad” interactive story of his life.  After hearing the good side and responding and then hearing the bad side, the youth got tired of having the wrong answer.  This in the midst of a rainy downpour added to the fun and frustration, cold and wet.  It sure was “memorable.” Excellent!

Mission Impossible 1

We got some financial aid from the denomination we’re working with to rent a small, tiny, one-bedroom house near our hall.  We’ve been praying for this as well as anticipating the use of the place.  You see, the youth meet at a park bench (Mexican “palapa.")  The men meet in our home and the kids on Sunday in an uncovered patio.  So we need a place to store our equipment as well as meet.  So, their first mission was to go out in teams of 2 and find a place that is available to rent.  Here are their results…

 

Other groups found similar offers, but all a bit further away than we'd like.  Keep praying for us!