Tuesday, August 4, 2009

We are here in full force!

Hey Everyone!
Thank you so much for praying for this year's India team. We have all arrived safely after just over 30 hours of travel and are now in full force ministry mode! I'm sure you will hear all about the travel later, but for now let's get started on the ministry update.
Today started our first day of VBS and it was awesome! There was somewhere around 700 kids or so and man was it awesome. Bridget, Lyndsay, Janette, Bart, and Alissa did an amazing job planning the VBS for this year. We taught them that they were made in God's image and He loves us all, so we should love each other. They learned some awesome songs, made a cool mirror craft, played chaotic games, and watched a riveting drama (in the middle of which, the translator decided to answer his cellphone...awesome).
They all sang Happy Birthday to Mike, since today's his birthday and we got to feed him a bit of cake.
At night, we did a mercy ministry where we gave out food to needy people and got to visit Harvest India's nursing school. Janette and Jessica gave words of encouragement and the whole team got to pray for each of the nursing students 1 by 1.
It was a great day. I can't wait to see what God has in store for tomorrow!

3 comments:

  1. Thank you for the update!! Rene and I are praying for you guys and we can't wait to hear about the amazing ways God has used you while in India. Stay strong and focused!

    Love,
    Jenny

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  2. I am so proud of all of you :)

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  3. Awesome, thanks for the update!
    We're praying that God would continue to use your team mightily!

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