Over 50 kids showed up to hear the gospel, play group games, make a booklet for verses, eat a light snack and just feel the love of Jesus. The first Wednesday gathering of the Marcos 10:14 club lasted two hours, glorified the Lord and exceeded our human expectations. One adult who had brought her child made a first time profession of faith in Jesus. Praise the Lord!

Tonyia and I walked out the gate just before six to go pick up some kids. We noticed groups of children walking toward Casa Cristiana El Alfarero (the ministry house).We were unsure how many kids would come but by 6:15 the sitting areas were full. We know God is on his throne and He is about our heart for Him and not about numbers.  Resting in Jesus!

Tonyia and I had already worked out to take the neighbor kids and to pick up some kids from Pastor Reynaldo’s church. It wasn’t long after we returned with these kids that all the benches and all twenty plastic chairs were full. Martin, Steve and Pastor Jose,who had come to help, used bricks and boards to build additional makeshift benches. When the program started there were over 50 kids and about fifteen adults. We had a few kids trickle in later.

Yessi played group games and sang with the kids before delivering a stirring Bible-based sermon. The entire audience listened intently and afterwards a lady came forward and said she wanted to pray to receive Jesus as Lord of her life! After the sermon the kid’s made little notebooks during craft time. The individual notebook would be for each kid to write down the scripture verse for the week. Once the craft time was over, we prayed and then fed everyone a half sandwich, some chips and a drink.

We had good help from Martin, Anna, Genesis, Pastor Jose, wife Pera, and 16-year-old daughter Brisa. Yessi did a great job working with the kids during all aspects of the meeting. Plus several of the parents pitched in to work with the children during craft time.

We asked the children we had brought if they liked the meeting and they said “si, si, si.” It is so cool to have the Holy Spirit working through our ministry to shine the light of Jesus on these children. Praise God!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over 100 children and about 70 adults showed up at True Path Ministry‘s Casa Cristiana El Alfarero (ministry house) on Saturday, July 2 for the Marcos 10:14  (Mark 10:14) kid’s club kickoff event. In addition to the many kids we had good support from local churches as four pastors and one evangelist came to help.

Plus there were many Christian teens and adults that showed up to man the carnival style games, pray with the children and enjoy the day. But, most importantly the Lord was blessed as many of the  kid’s professed faith in Jesus and all worshiped.

The day started early with many balloons to inflate for the entrance arch and dart throw game. A very good five member Christian band who had come from a tiny village near the mountain town of Iturbide set up their instruments. Martin and Juan started the charcoal grill and began cooking the hot dogs. The face painters put on Stephen’s clown make up. The benches and tables were set in place and the carnival type booths were setup – we were ready for the kids.

The True Path Ministry team (Stephen, Tonyia, Martin, Anna and Yessi) had planned for the Fiesta to start at 10 AM, but like most events in Mexico it was not on time. We actually began around 10:30 as the constant stream of arrivals slowed. Stephen, the clown, entertained the kid’s as they came in and waited for the games and Bible study to begin. The band started playing Christian songs and Yessi, who is our teacher for the kid’s club, started fun group games. They all had a Biblical message twist.

Pastor Jose  from Dieciocho de Marzo, a small community about ten miles northwest of Galeana, preached a sermon intended for young hearts. He is especially good as a preacher for children. Many of them professed faith in Jesus. Several who had a medical issue asked for special attention and Evangelist Romero was called in to help pray. He has a especially strong gift of healing from the Holy Spirit.

(Updated) Yessi asked the kids if they were getting love at home and many faces were suddenly downcast. She sensed the Holy Spirit telling her the children had a strong need to get a loving hug. She told them to form a line and hug these adults as if they were hugging Jesus. They needed to be reminded that not only did we love them but above all Jesus loves them.

Martin, Tonyia, Stephen (in normal clothes) and Pera (Pastor Jose’s sweet wife) had the wonderful experience of hugging each child. We could tell that some of them have an especially bad home life and just needed  someone to show them love. Several hung on with a tight squeeze and tears in their eyes. We could feel their hunger for a caring touch. It was a very moving experience showing them the love of Jesus with a simple hug. What an honor!

The kids formed a line to get a hot dog and kool-aid and the free carnival type games were opened. The games included face painting, a balloon pop with darts, bobbing for apples, ring toss at Coke bottles, ball toss in water cups, water color painting and ball throw at plastic bottles. All the booths had a line of kids waiting their turn. The very good face painters were especially busy as every child walked away with an image on their face.

It was an amazing day filled with the love of our Lord. This is a very poor area and most of these kids could never afford to go to an event like this if it were not free. Several were excited to hear we would have a weekly meeting with them and we got the names and contact information from each of the kids. Please pray the children will remember how God touched them on this day and that they will come back to learn more about Jesus! The club will begin weekly starting this Wednesday.