This week I have been with a team that is two different churches. One from D.C. and another from Detroit. We picked them up from the airport at some different times and headed north for Jalapa. Jalapa is in the mountains right on the border of Honduras. We arrived right in time to hop into bed and rest up for our first day. We went into this week not really knowing what this team had planned for the week and it started a little stressful but God has made it beautiful.
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| Alex giving out invitations in the school |
Our first day we spent some time in different groups and walked around the city to invite kids out to a VBS event we would be having later in the afternoon. It was really fun to walk around and go into the school to talk with them and invite them. For me it was also a good time to get to know some of the people I would be doing ministry with for the week. Once we finished with that we all met back up at the church and got to hear a little bit about the school that will (Lord willing) open in February. We were told that they have been waiting on some permits that they need before they can officially say they are opening. The officials who needed to approve these permits were supposed to come that day...but never showed up.
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| Pastor Porfirio leading games at snack time |
We had lunch and got ready for the kids to arrive. VBS was really fun and we had about 175 kids show up. We had some music, games, activities and of course snack! Someone read the story of Joseph and then Marcelo gave an invitation. Five children gave their lives to Christ that afternoon! Can we just praise God for this??!!! It is so beautiful and so humbling to be part of others coming to know Christ as their Savior. After we wrapped up the VBS we headed to our home for the week to clean up a bit and have dinner and devotions. This was such a sweet time that we got to have every day, sharing what God had done in our lives as we had poured out for Him.
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Thursday we had another VBS in a school and saw 2 more kids receive Christ as their Savior! We got a bit of time to relax and get ready and then we headed to church. Three of the people from our team shared their testimonies, some of the group lead a couple songs, and one of the guys gave a short message. It was great to see them jump in and get involved and really invest themselves in the church here. We made some new friends at church that night and just had a good time getting to know some of our other friends. And again we came back and had some dinner and devotions. The Pastor shared with us later in the week how much the testimonies had truly touched his and his wife's heart and the hearts of those in his church.
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| Jacquelyn reading the story of Joseph |
I'm sorry I have missed more than a week of sharing...just means I have some catching up to do! God really worked this week and to just be there in the presence of what He was doing was extremely powerful. Will you praise Him with me for those who gave their hearts to God through the working of this team? Pray for them as they begin to understand more of who He is and how that should change their life for the better. Pray for those who will disciple them and lead them. Thank you so much for your prayers! They are important and truly impacting what God is doing here!
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| Coloring with the kids |
"If I speak in the tongues of
men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging
cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove
mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all
I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain
nothing."
1 Corinthians
13:1-3
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