Happy Independence Day! We are so thankful to be able to live and minister in a country where we can be free. We are grateful to God that we can freely share the love of Christ in front and backyards at 5-Day Clubs in the Summer and in public schools during the school year. We
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We just completed our Christian Youth In Action Training (CYIA) training. These teenagers will be spending the rest of their summer teaching over 50 Clubs and reaching over 1000 children with the life-changing Gospel. Thank you for your prayers and gifts which made this 10-day training possible. Below are a few of their testimonies. 14...
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We had the opportunity to face paint and share the Gospel at Millennium Park recently. The interesting thing was that we had more adults come by than kids. We told the adults that we normally do this for children and that when we do, we share the Gospel with them. One Lady asked me, “What
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The five children played on the floor around me, smiling angelically, asking charming questions, and running in circles—doing everything except listen to me explain the Gospel. Jenny (name changed) seemed to be the ringleader. Thirty minutes later, she had succeeded in distracting every child, and all those who had originally wanted to...
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Pauses seem to be heavily frowned upon in our fast-moving society. We feel the need to fill awkward pauses with content instead of allowing them to run their course. Its almost like we are afraid of moments of quiet and reflectiveness during a conversation. As adults, we fight against pauses and try hard to keep conversations flowing. In...
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One of the most amazing parts of being a Christian is having the privilege of sitting in the front row and seeing God work in hearts and lives! At a club I was teaching there was one of those front row moments. I taught a Bible lesson and then gave the children a chance to
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A few months back as I taught the children the song “Silent Night,” I helped them imagine the scene of Jesus’ birth. “do you think it really was silent?” I asked the kids. Later, we reenacted the Christmas story, complete with a choir of angels, children dressed as woolly sheep, and wise men draped in
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It is quite distracting teaching a Bible lesson to pause every sentence while the translator rewords everything into Chinese for these two children who have never heard of Noah, much less his ark. It is also unnerving to wonder exactly what is being translated about sin, God’s love, and the way of salvation. Two of
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While serving his sentence at the local correctional facility Jason was explaining to his 8-year-old sister, Vida, about all the mistakes he had made in his life. He had joined the local gang when he was twelve and had made many other poor life decisions. After hearing her brother complain about how he was beyond
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It was a hot summer day when the teacher who was scheduled to teach the lesson came up to the leader limping saying he had hurt his foot, was in a lot of pain, and could not teach the lesson. So the leader picked up the Bible lesson pictures and grabbed their Bible, then walked
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