Let's see, what do we have going on this summer?
Visitors:
- Two Camino Global six week interns
- Three brothers from Pennsylvania for a month.
- Marcy (one of last years interns) is returning for almost a month.
- Fremont Alliance Church Youth Group at the end of July to help with VBS!
- Maybe a handful of unconfirmed others
Activities:
- Starting TWO new outreach areas (Acozac and Palmas)
- Continuing things in Jesus Maria
- Hopefully giving out 50 more wheelchairs
- Youth Rally in Jesus Maria
- A ventriloquist is coming for a week to do some outreaches.
- Vacation bible school
- World Cup activities
If you would like to help us with some of the expenses of the summer, send me an e-mail!
Rod just rented a house for our guys for the summer, which will eventually be someone else's house... and maybe someone else's after that?
He also talked about YOU coming down with your family, we would love to have you.... check it out!
We will be busy this summer, please keep all of us in your prayers! =0)
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Friday, 9 May 2014
Mujeres Cambiando Ixtapaluca
This morning I noticed it was BEAUTIFUL out! Perfect weather, clear view of the volcanoes.... so i took the dog out for an early morning walk.
When I got to the park, I noticed a group of women working on cleaning and painting the park swings. I have seen them before. They alway wear the pink vests that say mujeres cambiando Ixtapaluca (women changing ixtapaluca). Today i stopped and asked if i could help.
Yep, they looked at me like i was crazy!
But i tied my dog to a poll, picked up some red paint and a paint brush and got started!
I found out that they do things in Jesus Maria once a month. They actually have a group that works in a lot of the parks in Ixtapaluca. Cool!
We finished and I gave them my phone number and they told me they would let me know their schedule! I'd love to help and get involved in this!
When I got to the park, I noticed a group of women working on cleaning and painting the park swings. I have seen them before. They alway wear the pink vests that say mujeres cambiando Ixtapaluca (women changing ixtapaluca). Today i stopped and asked if i could help.
Yep, they looked at me like i was crazy!
But i tied my dog to a poll, picked up some red paint and a paint brush and got started!
I found out that they do things in Jesus Maria once a month. They actually have a group that works in a lot of the parks in Ixtapaluca. Cool!
We finished and I gave them my phone number and they told me they would let me know their schedule! I'd love to help and get involved in this!
Plus the backdrop isn't bad, huh?
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
English Tutoring
On Sunday evening a lady that lives behind me came over. I have helped her younger boys with their english homework before. That has always consisted of me writing a short (2nd grade level) story in english and the boys illustrating it! Easy, and kinda fun!
She has a niece that is in prepa (High school) her and her friends needed help prepping for a high english exam this week. They wanted to know if i would be willing to help them for a few hours on monday. Sure!
Monday came and five youth showed up (on time- thats how i knew they really needed help!)
They had 200 pages of a workbook they need to finish and get ready for this exam. gesh!
Three hours later we got a dent in what needed to be done.
Tuesday they came again.... for five hours (7am-12).
Today they are back... and tomorrow too (their exam is friday).
Right now, they are writing short essays. The instructions said, "write a short essay on... The Benefits Of......". One girl is writing on the benefits of foreigners in Mexico! HAHA
English tutoring is not something I consider myself good at and not something that i usually enjoy. But, I have had a lot of fun with these kids! They are funny, work hard trying to understand the english rules, we have drank a lot of coffee and ate a lot of tamales.
I do wish they lived in Jesus Maria.
Anyways, i wasn't expecting to do this all week, but it has been fun! I hope that they pass this english test! They have also asked a lot of questions about why i am here, what i believe etc. I hope that now that they heard the Gospel that they will think about what they have heard!
She has a niece that is in prepa (High school) her and her friends needed help prepping for a high english exam this week. They wanted to know if i would be willing to help them for a few hours on monday. Sure!
Monday came and five youth showed up (on time- thats how i knew they really needed help!)
They had 200 pages of a workbook they need to finish and get ready for this exam. gesh!
Three hours later we got a dent in what needed to be done.
Tuesday they came again.... for five hours (7am-12).
Today they are back... and tomorrow too (their exam is friday).
Right now, they are writing short essays. The instructions said, "write a short essay on... The Benefits Of......". One girl is writing on the benefits of foreigners in Mexico! HAHA
English tutoring is not something I consider myself good at and not something that i usually enjoy. But, I have had a lot of fun with these kids! They are funny, work hard trying to understand the english rules, we have drank a lot of coffee and ate a lot of tamales.
I do wish they lived in Jesus Maria.
Anyways, i wasn't expecting to do this all week, but it has been fun! I hope that they pass this english test! They have also asked a lot of questions about why i am here, what i believe etc. I hope that now that they heard the Gospel that they will think about what they have heard!
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
whats been happening?
It has been a couple weeks since updating what has been going on. Here is a quick catch up...
- We have been getting ready for summer interns, visitors, and teams!
-We are hoping to start outreaches in two new areas (prayers for that appreciated). We will be having movie nights, sport outreaches, english classes, game nights.... should be fun! =)
-We have so many fun things happening this summer... one of which is a ventriloquist heading down here in July to do a few events (one in Jesus Maria, one in Palmas, one or two at public schools?, church etc).
- We are hoping to give away 50 more wheelchairs (if you are interested in giving to this project send me an e-mail.
- I was up in Phoenix for the International Wholistic Missions Conference last week. It was a good time of connecting with other people doing wholistic ministry on the field, getting some new contacts and dreaming about the future.
- We hope to start phase two of our building project in August. Please pray for that as well. It will require money to be raised, permits to be obtained and hands to help! They did a little clean up yesterday... read about it on Rods blog!
- We have been getting ready for summer interns, visitors, and teams!
-We are hoping to start outreaches in two new areas (prayers for that appreciated). We will be having movie nights, sport outreaches, english classes, game nights.... should be fun! =)
-We have so many fun things happening this summer... one of which is a ventriloquist heading down here in July to do a few events (one in Jesus Maria, one in Palmas, one or two at public schools?, church etc).
- We are hoping to give away 50 more wheelchairs (if you are interested in giving to this project send me an e-mail.
- I was up in Phoenix for the International Wholistic Missions Conference last week. It was a good time of connecting with other people doing wholistic ministry on the field, getting some new contacts and dreaming about the future.
- We hope to start phase two of our building project in August. Please pray for that as well. It will require money to be raised, permits to be obtained and hands to help! They did a little clean up yesterday... read about it on Rods blog!
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