"Super-Saved" Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School at our church was SUPER-AMAZING and SUPER-BLESSED by the Lord!

 

Our superhero theme this year, “Super-Saved”, presented Jesus Christ as the ultimate superhero: with His power over darkness, over nature, over demons, over sickness, and even over death itself!  Already by the second day, when I interviewed the

children asking “Who is your favorite superhero?,” the majority answered “Jesus!”

 

We all- children and adults alike- had an amazing time!  One girl, only halfway through her first day, commented: “I wish this camp would never end!”

 

After the Bible lesson each day, the kids rotated through different stations which reemphasized the message in fun new ways: in the kitchen station, the kids crafted Jesus´ miracles using food and snacks; in the craft station, the kids painted superhero masks, belts, shields and more; in the game station, they attacked “villains” and “flew” through super obstacle courses; and in the music station, they danced and sang of Jesus´ super power. 

 

77 children participated in total, with about 60 children each day.  Even more amazing is the number of parents/family members who attended our Sunday service for the closing ceremony!  All the children and many of their parents heard the Gospel of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ!  Praise God!

 

To serve that many children, about 30 adults/youth from our church participated to make VBS possible (decorating, teaching, leading crafts, taking kids to the bathroom, etc.), not counting the whole church body that prepared and served food for the kids´ and families at our Sunday service.  The whole church was united and serving together during this event- it was beautiful. 

 

Yes, Jesus´ super power was once again manifested this last week at our church through His abundant blessing over this event, and His powerful salvation acting in the lives of children and adults alike. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Climbing the Malinche Mountain with Youth Group

Our youth group tackled and conquered the mighty Malinche mountain of Tlaxcala.

(Well, I guess we almost conquered- we arrived past the tree line after 4 hours of hiking, though the summit was still another 2 hour hike away!)

 The Malinche is a 14,636ft inactive volcano what straddles our state of

Tlaxcala with the neighboring state of Puebla. 


The hike was beautiful, though steep in some places.  A couple of our youth were ready to give up about halfway, but the rest of the group rallied to encourage and help when they tired.  Paco even tied a rope from his waist to one of the girls to pull her along.

 

The Lord certainly blessed our outing- no accidents, amazing fellowship among the youth, and perfect weather.  We marveled that the rain started exactly as we were driving away from the mountain- dry in the car! 

After the 6 hour hike, we all enjoyed a well-deserved restaurant dinner in Tlaxcala´s capital. On the way home, everyone (except Paco, our driver) slept in the car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Greatest Journey" 2014-2015 Comes to a Close

Our 2014-2015 year of “Operation Christmas Child” evangelism and “The Greatest Journey” discipleship is coming to a close. 

The participating churches in the state of Tlaxcala gathered to share testimonies of the impact of the children’s discipleship program on the children, families, and teachers involved.  They also provided a report and photos of their children “graduating” from the program and

receiving their New Testaments. 

We praise God for each church who participated this year, and for each child who heard and was discipled in the Gospel.  These reports are now processed and sent to the national Samaritan’s Purse team, where others around Mexico can rejoice in the Lord’s work here in our tiny state of Tlaxcala. 

Now, we look forward to visiting more churches this summer to start the 2015-2016 cycle of “Operation Christmas Child” and “The Greatest Journey”!

 

 

"Children's Day" Evangelistic Fair!!

Our church celebrated “Children’s Day” with an evangelistic fair- open to all the children and families of our community.  Almost 100 children and their families attended!!

 

Each family in our church prepared a snack for the kids and set up a fair game.  Our auditorium was filled with fun!- sack races, shoot-a-hoop, ring

toss, bingo, bean-bag toss, puzzles, fishing for prizes, and more!  Plus we rented an inflatable bouncer, which really caught the children’s attention. 

 

After a couple hours of fair games and food, we presented the Gospel message of salvation- through children’s worship songs, Bible verses, and a mime skit (of a mime trying to

enter heaven, which is impossible unless he is with Jesus).  100 children and many parents heard the Gospel of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ!  Every visiting child received a booklet about Jesus and a New Testament. 

 

We praise God for His abundant blessing over this event- which united

our church body (all working together to make this event possible) as well as spread the Gospel to our neighboring community. 

 

Celebrating Osbaldo's Freedom from Prison!!

Osbaldo, our fellow church leader, was unjustly accused of a serious crime, tortured, and imprisoned for seven months.  Our entire church family grieved and prayed for him and his wife and children during his long absence.

 

When our great and powerful God unexpectedly freed Osbaldo from imprisonment and cleared him of all charges this week, our church family was overjoyed, to say the least.

 

We surprised Osbaldo with a homecoming party on Friday night!  There were many teary eyes upon welcoming Osbaldo and witnessing him reunited with his wife and

children.

 

Surrounded by the church family, he gave testimony of the Lord’s faithfulness to care for him, even in his darkest moments in the prison, as well as of the amazing opportunities he had to share the Gospel and encourage other prisoners with Scripture during his imprisonment.  He certainly was a God-directed

missionary to those prisoners! 

Afterwards, we shared a time of thanksgiving and of prayer, not only for direction and provision for Osbaldo and his family, but also for other prisoners and the Lord’s continued plans in their lives and in the ministry at the prison.