We had a another baptism/dinner celebration at our home and what a blessing it was! Alejandro, Jorge, Alondra and Julissa were baptised. Alejandro came to us off the streets in May desperate for a change. We helped get him into "Casa de Amor"--a Christian drug rehab/discipleship program run by Calvary Chapel Quepos (45 minutes from us)--and he has been there 9 months. He is doing great and is walking with the Lord while transitioning back into society. He came to visit 2 weeks ago and was baptized. It was so special! Jorge gave his life to Jesus when one of our mission teams was here evangelizing in the streets. He returned to Nicaragua shortly after that but returned here to Jacó and has been growing in the Lord and working here. Alondra and Julissa are 2 girls that attend our Kid's Club we do on Saturday. They accepted Christ and wanted to be obedient through baptism so they were also baptized. It was a wonderful evening of food, fellowship and celebration of new lives in Christ!
Another thing we have been working on is collecting school supplies to provide to the children in INVU, the neighborhood we work in. The kids returned to school last week from their summer vacation. (The school year here is opposite of that in The States because during June, July, and August the rainy season is beginning--this is their winter) Anyway, many of the kids in this neighborhood won't go to school unless they have the necessary supplies and many start 2 or 3 weeks late waiting to get them. The public schooling system here is really sad in many ways and many children drop out of school while still very young. We were able to give each of the kids we work with most of what was on their "School Supply Needs List" and we delivered them on Monday night. It was such a blessing to go house to house blessing these families and making sure they know this is all a gift from the Lord. The kids were super excited and just being there reminded me more and more of why the Lord has us here! It was beautiful!
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