Mission Team Continued

Kids receiving donated jumpropes

The team has been hard at work painting, putting in a concrete bridge in front of a home, more painting and doing kids clubs with children.  It has been a super fun week and extremely HOT as well!  Here are more pictures of the team serving...

Kids Club in the River with Dona Ana

La Hacienda School before being painted

After pictures of the school (it matched the other 2 buildings)

Kids Club in the River

new friends!

Building a concrete walkway in front of a local's home

Painting the back wall of a home that faces the park...so cute!!!

Lily Katherine got 50 jumpropes donated from a company in The States and she blessed some of the children in the park with them!  It was awesome!!!

"Let the little children come to me..."  LOVE IT!

Great Times with the Mission Team from Forrest Hills Baptist Church in Brentwood, TN

We have a mission team from Forrest Hills Baptist Church working with us this week and we are having a blast!  It is a "family" mission trip with a mix of adults and their children and they are ministering thru Kids Clubs and Work Projects.  There are 2 doctors on the team who have seen a few patients with specific medical issues.  Here are a few pictures from the last 2 days.  Tomorrow they are hard at work painting the kindergarten building of a really poor school here in town.  Look forward to the rest of the week with this great group!

Introducing the kids to loom bracelets

Spending the afternoon with the Youth at the beach

One of the young team members, Taylor, sharing her testimony

Beach Clean Up with Youth Group

Fun times with the youth cleaning up the beach as a service to our community...love these kids!!

Young Leaders in Training

Today after Kids Club, we had some of the youth over to our home to eat, swim and meet about Kids Club and their role as leaders each Saturday morning.  Our intern, Emily, has been working with me to put together a "leadership" program for these youth that will grow as they begin to serve in various ways.  We met with them and they divided into groups to discuss characteristics of good leaders versus bad leaders as well as what their specific responsibilities are in Kids Club.  With this in mind, we are wanting to meet with them monthly for leadership training that goes far beyond just Kids Club, though this has been a great place to start!  They are really taking ownership of their roles and are excited to be a part of this leadership team.  We are excited about pouring into them knowing that these are the future leaders of this town in this next generation!  Here are a few pictures of the teenagers in their training. 

Being silly as they present their leadership characteristics

Presenting their good leader vs bad leader chart

Writing down their roles and responsibilities in Kids Club