Kids @ La Raza

Thanks for your prayers this week. We really didn't know what to expect on Wednesday. There is probably a great deal of uncertainty if not suspicion in the community about what the building in La Raza is there for. That would make it difficult for parents to leave there kids at a club they know nothing about.

The club started with 9 kids from the community and 3 related to the team members. They had a fantastic time and didn't want to leave. On Thursday there were 14 kids from the community and on Friday there were 19. By the end of the week several mums also stayed around and had a great time chatting. Of course they wanted the team do to more for the kids and were delighted with the program.

So praise God for a new challenge - how to introduce kids' work. What we are thinking is that this week we will try and get decent stairs up to the roof (which is flat), put a fence up for safety and a couple of tarpaulins and the kids can have a meeting up there during the Thursday night service while their parents meet below. Pray with us that this will be well received and will encourage more people to come on Thursday evenings. We praise God too for the obvious increase in trust as the numbers increased each day. This week the team will be visiting the kids and their families to give them another craft that they made. Pray with us that it opens doors.

Below are some photos of the club.




The team still worked with street kids at the beginning of the week and had the regular service on Thursday evening. It was good to have 4 of the Haitian guys come along. They really enjoyed the music especially. We continue to hope to build bridges with that group and to see them come to know Christ. So there were 15, including Fidel, Alex, Juanita and Paty there on Thursday night. Some asking about a Sunday morning service. Please pray that God will give the team a clear vision for how they move forward in that. As a team, we will be working on guidance for what God wants us to do in the next year, starting in September, and setting it down in a plan to give to UNIFAM and OMS.