Today, the Mexico team started off the day by attending service at their churches. They then were able to continue with their afternoon ministries with soccer ministry, leader training, and construction. God worked mightily in and through the students and leaders today.
Pray for us as we pack up and get ready to head home tomorrow.
Today, we finished our first full day of ministry. Both villages spent time with their churches as they took part in soccer ministry and teaching the local kids about the five purposes. In addition, the kids helped with constructing the kitchen for a local lady in the community. All in all, it's been a great day of partnering with the local churches in ministry.
Tomorrow, we will attend church with our respective churches and continue with soccer ministry and construction. Village two will also have the opportunity to train some of the local church leaders in Purpose Driven Children's Ministry.
Please pray for continued safety and for open doors to reach out as the kids put into practice their training from years of Kids Small Groups.
If you would like to see pictures, you can go to the Agua Viva Facebook site at:
http://www.facebook.com/AVMinistries?ref=search&sid=yA1s1YCT_R9Uv96yQpJcug.1517894876..1
Today, we arrived safely and event free at Agua Viva. Our team is happy and healthy as we are getting settled in and are preparing for a full weekend of ministry. Please pray for us as we begin working at our ministry sites tomorrow morning. Our first day was awesome first day as we drove down the scenic coastline of Baja California.
Thanks for your prayers. We will update again soon.
Hola, Amigos y Amigas ~
For this Memorial Day weekend the Saddleback KSG Blog will be updated daily to keep everyone posted on the happenings down in Ensenada, Mexico. We are right now eagerly awaiting the arrival of the All STARS 2010 Mexico PEACE Team. It is EXACTLY 11:00 am and folks should be arriving in the next 15 minutes. CAN'T WAIT!
From here we'll be enjoying a late lunch (or snack for some) in South San Diego before our journey into Mexico begins. We hope to arrive to our destination no later than 5:00 pm this evening.
If you're interested in the audio version of this update, feel free to call (949) 609-8682.
Viva Mexico!
Your All STARS 2010 Mexico PEACE Team
345-919-650-849-346-262-47-19-37-112-234-10-3-3-5-15-15-11-43-70-16-1-4
What do these numbers have in common?!?!
If you add them up they equal 4016!!! This is the number of donations in soccer equipment that our KSG students brought over the two weeks for the KSG Global PEACE Project. INCREDIBLE! Sports Gift lovingly counted each and every donation that will bless the Rwanda PEACE Football Club. Thank you KSG families for your love and support to make a difference around the world!
What an incredible night of KSG on May 11 & 12! There has NEVER been so much energy and FUN on a Tuesday & Wednesday night at Saddleback Church. Cleats were cleaned, thousands of soccer equipment was sorted & counted and almost 100 mini soccer games were played in the parking lots.
On TOP of the fun, our KSG students proved themselves once again. Their hearts for the orphan are INCREDIBLE! I wish we could take all the KSG family on planes to Rwanda so they could see the joy and excitement first hand as we kick-off the PEACE Football Club in Kibuye. Way to go guys! We are SO proud of you, your love and your sacrifice!
In the end, more than $9000 were raised and we are STILL counting equipment as it is STILL coming in. Numbers on equipment and pictures still to come...
This is the BIG week to bring by any and all donations for the KSG Global PEACE Project. Gently used or new donations of soccer equipment (for boys or girls) will be collected and sorted during KSG this week (May 11 & 12). We would love to have YOU, our KSG parents, join in on the fun of the evening. Also, don't forget to drop off any monetary donations into the buckets in the Reef or Extreme. How did your child raise support for this incredible project? We want to hear how your students answered the call for this KSG Global PEACE Project. Share your stories!