Today was Sunday and I had the privilege to teach during church. I had already taught 3 times this weekend, but for me it seemed this was "it" as it was the last time I would be able to speak the Truth to these kids for another year. I gave pretty much my usual message of salvation giving the students a choice as to who to follow, as basically every decision we make you are choosing to follow Jesus or choosing to follow the enemy. They could choose to follow life, joy, hope, and the Truth or could choose to follow sin, sadness, hopelessness, and lies. I also included a twist this year. I had Megan Duffy stand up with me with an bucket and a heart on front of the bucket... to signify the bucket was her heart. I asked her how she sinned and she told me the sins that I had asked her to say. I then put rocks, with the sins written on the rocks, in the bucket. This continued for a while, until the bucket was full of rocks and was getting heavy. I showed them that this was how their hearts felt, heavy, full of sin. I then asked how to get rid of that sin and for
her heart to be light again... accepting Jesus Christ and asking him to forgive all their sins. I took the bucket from Megan, poured out the rocks and handed it back to him. She did a great job with her facial expressions portraying grief of her sins and joy when they were gone. I think it was a great visual for those kids. At the end, 6 more students raised their hands to accept Christ. That's a total of 18 this weekend. Praise Jesus!!!
her heart to be light again... accepting Jesus Christ and asking him to forgive all their sins. I took the bucket from Megan, poured out the rocks and handed it back to him. She did a great job with her facial expressions portraying grief of her sins and joy when they were gone. I think it was a great visual for those kids. At the end, 6 more students raised their hands to accept Christ. That's a total of 18 this weekend. Praise Jesus!!! We then packed up and took all kids to the beach to eat lunch and play more. It was a beautiful day and we had a 
lot of fun in the water and on the beach. We also had Mart, the Deaf pastor here, conduct baptisms. We had 18 different people who had accepted Christ in the past, want to be baptized. Many of those had accepted Christ with me last year or two years ago. It was such a raw moment, when those who were baptized in the ocean raised up again and they were so overjoyed! What a glorious time! After we played a bit more, it was time to leave. We said goodbye to our friends, knowing we'd get to see them one more time on Wednesday.
lot of fun in the water and on the beach. We also had Mart, the Deaf pastor here, conduct baptisms. We had 18 different people who had accepted Christ in the past, want to be baptized. Many of those had accepted Christ with me last year or two years ago. It was such a raw moment, when those who were baptized in the ocean raised up again and they were so overjoyed! What a glorious time! After we played a bit more, it was time to leave. We said goodbye to our friends, knowing we'd get to see them one more time on Wednesday. We headed to BQ to stock our supply list. We then headed to the same slums again. This time I had mor
e Jesus Film DVDs to hand out, more tooth paste and brushes, and we brought our gear to perform our dramas. It was chaos!!! We performed our dramas on a rocky coral incline with their shacks surrounding us and hundreds of children and adults watching. It was amazing! Joshua gave the Gospel message with Along translating and had most of the group praying along with him. Not sure how many of the prayers were heart felt, but hearing that many children and adults who are in a hopeless situation pray that prayer, is overwhelming.
e Jesus Film DVDs to hand out, more tooth paste and brushes, and we brought our gear to perform our dramas. It was chaos!!! We performed our dramas on a rocky coral incline with their shacks surrounding us and hundreds of children and adults watching. It was amazing! Joshua gave the Gospel message with Along translating and had most of the group praying along with him. Not sure how many of the prayers were heart felt, but hearing that many children and adults who are in a hopeless situation pray that prayer, is overwhelming. We headed home for showers, pb&j sandwiches for dinner and group prayer time. What a great day and great weekend. We had a lot to be thankful for!
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