Thursday, August 30, 2007
Scranton Road, "Fighting the Enemy"!
We had such a fun time acting out very important lessons, how The King can always hear us, how our biggest strongest weapon is the bible, how sin is heavy and slows us down, how it's not about our strength but to follow The King who has the strength, and the power of prayer.
So in this skit we have seen how the soldiers are not the stronger or the fittest but through following the King, using our weapon (the bible) and through prayer the good guys defeated the enemy!
Monday, August 20, 2007
PRAYER
Praise God for:
- All the kids that have heard the gospel and decided to follow Jesus!
- All the coaches, for their light and the impact God allowed us to have in all the tour.
- All churches that partnered with AIS and their heart to follow up on the kids and even their families!
Pray for:
- God to make himself known in such a real way to the kids, strengthening their faith in such a way that impacts their families.
- Strength and guidance for the next step in all the coaches, that we can stay strong in Him, keep shinning, impacting either home or wherever we are!
- God's financial provision to start the visa process to go to Spain
Thank you for being part of this ministry, you are making an impact for His Kingdom!
God bless you!!!!
- All the kids that have heard the gospel and decided to follow Jesus!
- All the coaches, for their light and the impact God allowed us to have in all the tour.
- All churches that partnered with AIS and their heart to follow up on the kids and even their families!
Pray for:
- God to make himself known in such a real way to the kids, strengthening their faith in such a way that impacts their families.
- Strength and guidance for the next step in all the coaches, that we can stay strong in Him, keep shinning, impacting either home or wherever we are!
- God's financial provision to start the visa process to go to Spain
Thank you for being part of this ministry, you are making an impact for His Kingdom!
God bless you!!!!
THIRD CAMP (Manteca, California - Last week of july)
This camp was so amazing! It was more laid back in schedule because of the heat (4pm-8pm) but I think God was trying to tell us not to get over-confident because the kids were still challenging (I can say Scranton Road prepared me well for this! Jeje) but overall it was great! I felt that we bonded more with the coaches, helping each other out to make it more fun for the kids, and I think the kids sensed that unity in the end.
The families that housed us were amazing! The family I stayed with was such an example of hospitality, all the coaches would meet there every day, and just the way they were so loving and caring, that truly encouraged me. They took me to the beach, then to some roller coasters by the beach and to top it off, they even cooked beans for me, talk about God spoiling me over here!! Jeje
It’s just overwhelming the impact we can make on these kids, we don’t fully grasp the importance of that, the privilege and above all, the responsibility this brings. It really keeps me so dependant on God, and He was so good showing us His hand in these kids.
My age group was Juniors again 5-7 yrs old, and so many of my team here opened their heart to the Lord, with such pure hearts, it was so beautiful! The more I spend time with kids, the more I see why God wants us to become like children, and fully embrace Him with our all!
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I just truly feel God’s pleasure in these camps.
FOURTH AND LAST CAMP (Denver, Colorado - First week of August)
We flew here really late, so it was very dark, and we spent the night in the church, and when we woke up next day, what an inspiring view, The Rocky Mountains! Such a message from God, encouraging us to keep going in spite of the tiredness and to be with the same or more energy like in the first camp.
The kids here were amazing, such a great group, they would participate a lot and have such great challenging questions for us, it was awesome! I really felt that we were able to challenge them in their walk with the Lord, and to draw closer! And here there were two kids in my team that accepted the Lord, praise God, and it was great to see the others who were already Christians sharing with them as well! It’s just such an honor to be part of this, the harvest is plentiful indeed!
Then it got very sad also, because we had to say goodbye to this loving family we had built. It was really such a great group to work with. I know I got stretched and challenged thanks to their example, and their passion to follow Christ. Even though it’s sad, I’m so overjoyed to have met so many amazing friends. They really impacted my life in a very positive way.
This camp was so amazing! It was more laid back in schedule because of the heat (4pm-8pm) but I think God was trying to tell us not to get over-confident because the kids were still challenging (I can say Scranton Road prepared me well for this! Jeje) but overall it was great! I felt that we bonded more with the coaches, helping each other out to make it more fun for the kids, and I think the kids sensed that unity in the end.
The families that housed us were amazing! The family I stayed with was such an example of hospitality, all the coaches would meet there every day, and just the way they were so loving and caring, that truly encouraged me. They took me to the beach, then to some roller coasters by the beach and to top it off, they even cooked beans for me, talk about God spoiling me over here!! Jeje
It’s just overwhelming the impact we can make on these kids, we don’t fully grasp the importance of that, the privilege and above all, the responsibility this brings. It really keeps me so dependant on God, and He was so good showing us His hand in these kids.
My age group was Juniors again 5-7 yrs old, and so many of my team here opened their heart to the Lord, with such pure hearts, it was so beautiful! The more I spend time with kids, the more I see why God wants us to become like children, and fully embrace Him with our all!
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I just truly feel God’s pleasure in these camps.
FOURTH AND LAST CAMP (Denver, Colorado - First week of August)
We flew here really late, so it was very dark, and we spent the night in the church, and when we woke up next day, what an inspiring view, The Rocky Mountains! Such a message from God, encouraging us to keep going in spite of the tiredness and to be with the same or more energy like in the first camp.
The kids here were amazing, such a great group, they would participate a lot and have such great challenging questions for us, it was awesome! I really felt that we were able to challenge them in their walk with the Lord, and to draw closer! And here there were two kids in my team that accepted the Lord, praise God, and it was great to see the others who were already Christians sharing with them as well! It’s just such an honor to be part of this, the harvest is plentiful indeed!
Then it got very sad also, because we had to say goodbye to this loving family we had built. It was really such a great group to work with. I know I got stretched and challenged thanks to their example, and their passion to follow Christ. Even though it’s sad, I’m so overjoyed to have met so many amazing friends. They really impacted my life in a very positive way.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
What are you eating?
" So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”
John 13:34-35
What a hi calling, I know I definitly don't love others the way He loves me, I mean I can try to love like I love myself, because I don't like me sometimes, and I can be pretty mean to me, jeje, but to love others the way He loves me, giving all of myself, in such a pure way, not expecting anything in return, not because it's a deserved love, but to bring glory to our Father! To prove to the world that we are disciples of Jesus! Wow I want to strive for that!
I love to think about it this way, In any situation when you just want to explode, just call on God and say to whatever the circumstance is "In your face! (en tu cara jeje) I will not allow this to break mem and I will choose to love! I won't allow the enemy to hurt me or distract me form God's purpose in this, I'm going to love and that is final!" jeje when we realize that love is the biggest strongest weapon, it can break any stronghold, it can tear down any wall, it's so amazing, but definitly cannot be done in our own strength, it's not a love that we can produce from ourselves, it does not come naturally to us, AT ALL!
So let's just remember to examine ourselves, with our attitudes, with our reactions, with our words and actions, what is coming out of us? are we allowing God to fill us up, or what is filling us up?
"For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." or like it says in another translation "What you say flows from what is in your heart." Luke 6:45b / Mathew 12:33b
So just keep in check your spiritual, mental and emotional diet! You really are what you eat, let's feast on what God has in store for us!!!
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
PRAYER
Praise God for:
- All the kids that have heard the gospel and decided to follow Jesus!
- All the coaches, their energy, harmony and love in spite of tiredness.
- All the host families, for their care and willing heart to take us an as part of their family!
Pray for:
- God to keep touching the kids and impacting these communities
- Refreshment and strength for all the coaches to finish this tour with the same enthusiasm or more that how we started
- God's continual provision and guidence on the next steps leading to the Spain ministry
- All the kids that have heard the gospel and decided to follow Jesus!
- All the coaches, their energy, harmony and love in spite of tiredness.
- All the host families, for their care and willing heart to take us an as part of their family!
Pray for:
- God to keep touching the kids and impacting these communities
- Refreshment and strength for all the coaches to finish this tour with the same enthusiasm or more that how we started
- God's continual provision and guidence on the next steps leading to the Spain ministry
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