God is working

Hey all,

Just a quick update to let you know that yesterday we had six uni students in our group La Busqueda UAQ (The Search). Yesterday we talked about some of the questions that the young people had and also about the revolutionary identity of Jesus Christ - the only one who can save.

It was good to see some new faces including Nyelli and Carla, and see some familiar faces return with Ere, David, Ana and Marta.

Praise God for what He is doing in our university ministry.

A great week

Can you feel the fun? This is a glimpse of the action during our holiday club last week. I am putting together a DVD for each of the families that has this video, some photos and a little message from us to each of the families.
We are planning our follow up with the kids and we are hoping to have an afternoon of activities at least once a month. Please pray for God's working the lives of these children and their families.

Day 5 - the last hurrah!

We had a fun last day of our holiday program today and God blessed us with good weather, lots of fun and great opportunities to share. We had another child come for the first time today which was good.

In the teaching time, we shared God's plan of salvation that we have been learning all week. Today, we gave the kids the opportunity to respond to God's invitation to be His friends because of what Jesus has done for us. We explained what Jesus has done for us and that we all have to make a decision to accept Jesus. We explained that we won't give any prizes for accepting Jesus and that each one has to make their own decision in their heart. Six kids responded to the invitation and asked Jesus to be their Saviour and friend. How exciting! We will continue to follow up and share with these kids as we have the opportunity.

The week of fun, tiring work was worth it. Today I went and knocked on Memo's door and he came along to the program. He's actually playing in our house at the moment because his family has all gone out. We have been able to open the door to many kids here in our neighbourhood and share with them the love and hope of God. We continue to pray that God would continue this work as we open our home and our hearts to be the hands and feet of Jesus here where we live.
It was an encouragement to receive the appreciation of one of the mums who said "Thanks so much, you guys are sunshine here. The kids loved it and I've got lots of friends that want to send their kids to the next one!" She also said that she liked that we were teaching the kids about God and the creation and things. God is at work!


So we say a tired goodbye to this week of excitement and look forward to seeing God continue to work in and through us here in Querétaro.

Holiday club day 4

Today we talked about how Jesus is God, that Jesus showed that he was God in the way he lived and the miracles that he did, and that Jesus wants to be our friend. I shared that the best decision I have ever made was the decision to believe in Jesus and to live His way. We shared how the kids can talk to God whenever and wherever and how they can accept Jesus and ask for His help.

We also had lots of fun and games, although poison ball is still the favourite!

Sandy helped the kids make creative cards to give to someone special.

And this is the "after" photo!

What a LOOONG day! (day 3)

Hey all, this is a quick video of our holiday club. We had a long day today with a bit of a mad house as all the kids went wild in the pool. Today we taught about Jesus coming to earth to live and die for our sins so that we can be friends with God and have eternal life. The great news of today is that Memo the eight year-old boy that we have been praying for came along to the club. We also met his grandma with whom he lives and we were able to offer that he comes over to our house when he's going to be home alone. Today he hadn't eaten breakfast, so he ate with us.




Ok, very tired and must go to sleep... Hasta mañana!!!

The holiday club day two

Day two of our holiday club went well. We had the same number of kids as the first day but with two new kids. It was a hot day again so we tried to keep things active. Phil shared the teaching time with the next part of the story - Adam and Eve's disobedience and our separation from God because of sin. Sandy taught the story of Noah's ark. Our craft of the day was animal cutouts and we got out the sparkly puff paint which was a real hit. The kids are addicted to poison ball, which was new to them.

Phil sharing with passion (it's my explaining pose!)

Crafting it up

Tomorrow we are going to put an inflatable pool that some friends have loaned us. We cut the grass this afternoon so now the backyard looks a lot nicer. Next stop... day 3!

We ended up worn out and tired

But happy!

Day one of the holiday club

We are praising God for His goodness on day 1 of our Holiday Club. We had 9 kids and the program ran smoothly. The kids heard the biblical creation story and did some creative arts and crafts. We played games and we all had lots of fun.