Attached is the audio of my youth message from this past Saturday afternoon.
Blessings!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Few Updates
I know I have not posted anything recently, but the last week was quite busy. We celebrated Easter this past Sunday at our church and I had a lot to do to prepare for it. We celebrated it a week early because 95% of our congregation are youth and they live in the boarding schools. So they will all be going home this weekend and will not be in town or at church.
We have had a lot of neat things going on though. First of all we are all pretty much over the stomach bugs. Kristen and I got hit worse than the kids. The kids really did not have much of any stomach issues at all, just a low grade fever for a day or so. So thanks to everyone for praying for us.
We are heading north tomorrow for a couple of days to Etosha Pan. This is a nature reserve where you can drive through and see lots of different animals in their natural habitat. We could possibly see any of the following, Giraffe, Zebra, Wildebeest, Ostrich, Emu, lions, elephants, and a vast array of antelope. The kids are excited, so hopefully we will see a lot of animals.
Here are a few cool pictures of some random things that have been happening.
God Bless!!!
I need to explain this picture a little. This little guy flew into our kitchen sliding door and knocked himself out. So I put my gloves on and picked him up until he came to. Well while I was sitting outside with him, not even 2 minutes, two birds collided in mid air right over top of us. They were both knocked out. So while I had one bird out in my one hand, then I had two other birds at my feet. One of the two that collided came to quickly, the other did not. So here I was sitting in our back yard with two unconscious birds in my hands. What are the chances of that. They both eventually came too and flew away.
An Interesting Bug
Easter Family Pictures
Cows Coming up to our yard!
We have had a lot of neat things going on though. First of all we are all pretty much over the stomach bugs. Kristen and I got hit worse than the kids. The kids really did not have much of any stomach issues at all, just a low grade fever for a day or so. So thanks to everyone for praying for us.
We are heading north tomorrow for a couple of days to Etosha Pan. This is a nature reserve where you can drive through and see lots of different animals in their natural habitat. We could possibly see any of the following, Giraffe, Zebra, Wildebeest, Ostrich, Emu, lions, elephants, and a vast array of antelope. The kids are excited, so hopefully we will see a lot of animals.
Here are a few cool pictures of some random things that have been happening.
God Bless!!!
I need to explain this picture a little. This little guy flew into our kitchen sliding door and knocked himself out. So I put my gloves on and picked him up until he came to. Well while I was sitting outside with him, not even 2 minutes, two birds collided in mid air right over top of us. They were both knocked out. So while I had one bird out in my one hand, then I had two other birds at my feet. One of the two that collided came to quickly, the other did not. So here I was sitting in our back yard with two unconscious birds in my hands. What are the chances of that. They both eventually came too and flew away.
An Interesting Bug
Easter Family Pictures
Cows Coming up to our yard!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Preaching in School?
Having a Bible study during school may not be acceptable in the US, but here in Namibia it is. This past Tuesday I was invited to go to a Bible Study that meets at one of the high schools here in town. When I accepted I had not yet come down with this terrible stomach bug, but by Tuesday I was hurting pretty bad.
I was not able to contact the person to let them know I could not come, so I prayed, asked God for help, and went to the school. My contact only told me that he wanted me to come join and listen, but when I got there I found out that I was the main speaker. A good pastor friend of mine told me, "If you can sing, have a song in your back pocket. If you can preach, always have a sermon in your back pocket, especially on the mission field.". So I have taken his advise to heart and was glad on Tuesday that I did.
The great thing is that the entire time I spoke God completely took away all of my stomach cramps, nausea, and body aches. I actually felt fine the entire 45 minutes that I spoke. I was astonished at how many kids kept filing in to the class room to which I was speaking. The Bible study is held during their morning break, so the kids have the option to do what they want during this time. By the last 15 minutes of my message the class room was full, kids were standing outside listening and looking in from the windows, the door was clogged with kids and even more standing outside the door trying to listen as well.
It is so encouraging to see how God has prepared the harvest of kids hear to have open minds and hearts. How He has given them a desire to want to hear the Gospel, and to take it to heart. The kids here want to learn, want to know about Jesus, and want to be changed by His grace.
They had asked me to come back this past Thursday, but unfortunately I was in the hospital Wednesday night, and out of commission on Thursday, but hope to go back again next week.
Please continue to pray for the kids as I share the great news of the Gospel with them, that God will plow open their hearts, and as the seeds of the Gospel are sowed, that God will let these seeds take root and make them grow and bring them to repentance of their sin. And by God's grace they will be saved and enter into a personal relationship with God.
Thanks to all of our supporters for allowing us the opportunity to be here to share the Gospel with so many young people in Namibia!
God Bless!
I was not able to contact the person to let them know I could not come, so I prayed, asked God for help, and went to the school. My contact only told me that he wanted me to come join and listen, but when I got there I found out that I was the main speaker. A good pastor friend of mine told me, "If you can sing, have a song in your back pocket. If you can preach, always have a sermon in your back pocket, especially on the mission field.". So I have taken his advise to heart and was glad on Tuesday that I did.
The great thing is that the entire time I spoke God completely took away all of my stomach cramps, nausea, and body aches. I actually felt fine the entire 45 minutes that I spoke. I was astonished at how many kids kept filing in to the class room to which I was speaking. The Bible study is held during their morning break, so the kids have the option to do what they want during this time. By the last 15 minutes of my message the class room was full, kids were standing outside listening and looking in from the windows, the door was clogged with kids and even more standing outside the door trying to listen as well.
It is so encouraging to see how God has prepared the harvest of kids hear to have open minds and hearts. How He has given them a desire to want to hear the Gospel, and to take it to heart. The kids here want to learn, want to know about Jesus, and want to be changed by His grace.
They had asked me to come back this past Thursday, but unfortunately I was in the hospital Wednesday night, and out of commission on Thursday, but hope to go back again next week.
Please continue to pray for the kids as I share the great news of the Gospel with them, that God will plow open their hearts, and as the seeds of the Gospel are sowed, that God will let these seeds take root and make them grow and bring them to repentance of their sin. And by God's grace they will be saved and enter into a personal relationship with God.
Thanks to all of our supporters for allowing us the opportunity to be here to share the Gospel with so many young people in Namibia!
God Bless!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Bringing Two Worlds Closer Together
Before I left the US I had talked with a school in Winston-Salem about partnering with a school here in Grootfontein. Mainly to help the two worlds learn more about each other, about each others cultures, and even find some common ground that they both may share.
The school in Winston-Salem, was Jefferson Middle and the one here in Namibia is the Omulunga Primary. Both groups that talked with one another were from the 6th grades.
Skype actually works fantastically well here, considering how far out in the bush we are. So last week we got the two schools together for the first time to have a video call. It went really great. The kids here in Namibia did not think it would actually happen. "Mr. Brian, how can we see and talk to people in the United States?", is what two of the kids kept asking me. But to there great surprise it did work.
So at 8:15 EST and 4:15 our time, we went live on Skype and talked for an hour. The kids asked questions back and forth, learned a little about each others cultures, and enjoyed making new friends, even if they are thousands of miles away.
I think the kids in the US were blown away at the answer they got to one of their questions. The question to the class here in Namibia was, "What do you do in your free time after school?". The answers were, we clean the house, wash dishes, go out and find wood for cooking, walk a ways to go get water, and cook food for dinner.
We hope to have more skype video calls with the two schools in the future. Here are a few pictures of what it looked like on our end during the call.
If you are a teacher, work in a school, or have a desire to have a skype session with some of our kids here, please let me know and we will certainly arrange it. It is truly a great learning experience for everyone.
God bless!
The school in Winston-Salem, was Jefferson Middle and the one here in Namibia is the Omulunga Primary. Both groups that talked with one another were from the 6th grades.
Skype actually works fantastically well here, considering how far out in the bush we are. So last week we got the two schools together for the first time to have a video call. It went really great. The kids here in Namibia did not think it would actually happen. "Mr. Brian, how can we see and talk to people in the United States?", is what two of the kids kept asking me. But to there great surprise it did work.
So at 8:15 EST and 4:15 our time, we went live on Skype and talked for an hour. The kids asked questions back and forth, learned a little about each others cultures, and enjoyed making new friends, even if they are thousands of miles away.
I think the kids in the US were blown away at the answer they got to one of their questions. The question to the class here in Namibia was, "What do you do in your free time after school?". The answers were, we clean the house, wash dishes, go out and find wood for cooking, walk a ways to go get water, and cook food for dinner.
We hope to have more skype video calls with the two schools in the future. Here are a few pictures of what it looked like on our end during the call.
If you are a teacher, work in a school, or have a desire to have a skype session with some of our kids here, please let me know and we will certainly arrange it. It is truly a great learning experience for everyone.
God bless!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Youth Message from Saturday Youth Group
I have now began posting my youth messages on our blog for anyone interested in listing. You can find them each week on the right side of our blog listed under Sermon Player, and it will list the date.
Here is the link for this past Saturday's message.
Blessings!
Here is the link for this past Saturday's message.
Blessings!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Lunch Time at Omalunga Part 1
Footage from feeding 900 kids at the Omalunga School. There are two more videos as well.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
A Friday in Namibia
Today was a bit of a long day. Friday is my day off and I seem to plan to do everything on Friday!! So I took an hour drive south to a place called Otavi. They have a place there called "Mossie Nets" that make mosquito nets. I had to get another one for Cameron as the one he had was too small and they had no more here in town. So he decided to go with military green, but he likes it and sine he has to sleep in it every night, we let him make the call on the color.
Hannah and Corbin went along for the ride with me. Cameron had school back home with Kristen. On our way to Otavi we got to see lots of animals. Today we saw baboons sitting on the fences, a giraffe, and a zebra.
It was quite a rainy day in our area today as well. It would pour down rain for 5 minutes, then the sun would come out for a half an hour, then rain again and sun. When it rains, I work really hard at collecting water. We do live in a desert, so we savor every bit of water that we get for using around the house, and in the gardens. So I have a ten gallon bucket under our gutter system. I collected close to 100 gallons yesterday and last night, which means going in and out of the rain as the buckets fill up.
During one of the sunny moments we got to see one of the most beautiful rainbows I have ever seen in my life. It was so big, and bright, and the colors were so beautiful. Plus, when you can see miles and miles away with no trees in site, it just adds to the beauty of it all, being able to see the entire bow!
Cameron also got a belated Christmas present today. He got to get a bicycle from money given from his grandparents. He was very proud of the bike and his helmet. I guess it is good for Brian as well, because now all he wants to do is for his Dad to walk him around the block a few times while he rides his bike.
Hope all are doing well, and here are some of the pictures of the day.
God Bless!
Hannah and Corbin went along for the ride with me. Cameron had school back home with Kristen. On our way to Otavi we got to see lots of animals. Today we saw baboons sitting on the fences, a giraffe, and a zebra.
It was quite a rainy day in our area today as well. It would pour down rain for 5 minutes, then the sun would come out for a half an hour, then rain again and sun. When it rains, I work really hard at collecting water. We do live in a desert, so we savor every bit of water that we get for using around the house, and in the gardens. So I have a ten gallon bucket under our gutter system. I collected close to 100 gallons yesterday and last night, which means going in and out of the rain as the buckets fill up.
During one of the sunny moments we got to see one of the most beautiful rainbows I have ever seen in my life. It was so big, and bright, and the colors were so beautiful. Plus, when you can see miles and miles away with no trees in site, it just adds to the beauty of it all, being able to see the entire bow!
Cameron also got a belated Christmas present today. He got to get a bicycle from money given from his grandparents. He was very proud of the bike and his helmet. I guess it is good for Brian as well, because now all he wants to do is for his Dad to walk him around the block a few times while he rides his bike.
Hope all are doing well, and here are some of the pictures of the day.
God Bless!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Gotta go Poopy
OK, we have all laughed at this 4 second video about 50 times already. But I have to tell you why we think it is so funny. Kristen was getting ready to tape my youth choir in church. As she turned the camera on the low battery light came on and she says in the background "Oh Brian!".
The tape was an accident, but the reason it is so funny is because right before she says this you here Corbin say he has to go poopy. The other part that is so funny is Cameron's face. He is smiling at first, then watch is face change as he hears Corbin's poopy comment and Kristen's "Oh Brian".
We watched a couple times before we started to die laughing. So Kristen said we should share it.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Christmas in February
Since we have been in Namibia, we have received some care packages. And we can't thank you enough for sending them. When they get here, it is like Christmas for the kids. They love opening the boxes to see what all is inside. Here is a picture of one of the boxes we received a few weeks ago.
Sunset in Namibia
We wanted to share this awesome picture we caught on our drive back to Grootfontein last week. It was sunset, the sun was setting in the west, and the cool picture was of these blue rays in the sky coming from the east horizon.
The sunsets here are amazing because you can see for miles and miles away. And in the evening you can see three or four different thunderstorms in all directions. The lightning show is amazing. Wish I could show you the night sky with all the stars and on a night when the moon does not shine you can even see the milky way! Hope you enjoy the picture as much as we did watching it from the van the other night.
The sunsets here are amazing because you can see for miles and miles away. And in the evening you can see three or four different thunderstorms in all directions. The lightning show is amazing. Wish I could show you the night sky with all the stars and on a night when the moon does not shine you can even see the milky way! Hope you enjoy the picture as much as we did watching it from the van the other night.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Youth Choir Singing Amazing Grace
This is a video clip of my youth choir singing Chris Tomlin's version of Amazing Grace. We were supposed to sing Blessed Be the Name, but at the last minute they decided they wanted to sing this song, so that is why they have the music in their hands.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Attack of the Flying Mosquitos
We finally got some measurable rain yesterday. We got close to a 1/8 of an inch! That doesn't sound like much, but it was a lot for here and much needed. It really cooled things off a lot. The kids were actually complaining about being cold yesterday morning, and for the first time I pulled the covers over me in bed.
It did not stay cold for long, but it was only in the 80's for the highs and that felt GREAT!
The big problem with the rain was that it stirred up the mosquito population big time! Last night before bed Kristen and I killed around 20+ in the house, yet we did not get them all. Hannah fared well in the arms of her mosquito net. They don't seem to like my blood, so I ended up with two bites, but Cameron and Corbin must have had "blood donor" written all over them. They woke up this morning looking like they had the measles. I think we counted over 20 some on Corbin.
Therefore, today I went and purchased two more mosquito nets and put them over their beds. Tonight should be a better night for them. We did have a praying mantis trying to help eat them last night, but even he was no match for the army that was in the house.
We also met a couple of new people this week and had them over for dinner last night. One girl is a US Peace Corp nurse working at the State Hospital and the other girl is from the UK and she is a physical therapist also working at the State Hospital. They told us how blessed they were to make new friends and were excited to come over last night. They also are looking forward to learning how to play Settlers of Catan, which is a great board game.
Anyhow, my week gets kicked in to high gear tomorrow with all my ministry work, so I am looking forward to that. Also my new youth choir will be singing their first song in Church this Sunday. I am going to record it and try to post it on the blog for you to listen to as well.
Blessings to all!
It did not stay cold for long, but it was only in the 80's for the highs and that felt GREAT!
The big problem with the rain was that it stirred up the mosquito population big time! Last night before bed Kristen and I killed around 20+ in the house, yet we did not get them all. Hannah fared well in the arms of her mosquito net. They don't seem to like my blood, so I ended up with two bites, but Cameron and Corbin must have had "blood donor" written all over them. They woke up this morning looking like they had the measles. I think we counted over 20 some on Corbin.
Therefore, today I went and purchased two more mosquito nets and put them over their beds. Tonight should be a better night for them. We did have a praying mantis trying to help eat them last night, but even he was no match for the army that was in the house.
We also met a couple of new people this week and had them over for dinner last night. One girl is a US Peace Corp nurse working at the State Hospital and the other girl is from the UK and she is a physical therapist also working at the State Hospital. They told us how blessed they were to make new friends and were excited to come over last night. They also are looking forward to learning how to play Settlers of Catan, which is a great board game.
Anyhow, my week gets kicked in to high gear tomorrow with all my ministry work, so I am looking forward to that. Also my new youth choir will be singing their first song in Church this Sunday. I am going to record it and try to post it on the blog for you to listen to as well.
Blessings to all!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Hunting Kudu
Today my Pastor took me north to bushmen land to hunt Kudu. I have not hunted in a long time, but never like this. Hunting in the woods back home is one thing, but hunting in the bush is difficult at best.
The bush is full of snakes, scorpions, thorn bushes and thorn trees. But it was a great experience. As we were out hunting we came across two giraffe grazing, a male and a female. They were not scared of us at all and let us get really close.
I had a great shot at a bull with large horns, and we tracked it after the shot for an hour and a half, tracking its path of blood and tracks. The shot must not have penetrated well, because we never found it. So just before dark, around 6:15 three more came up to a water hole, and I got my first Kudu. This meat will feed us for at least 6 months, and it is great meat!
We also ran across some wild boar as well. It was a long hard day, 12 hours to be exact, but a great experience.
Here are some pictures of the bush, the giraffe, wart hog and my kill.
The bush is full of snakes, scorpions, thorn bushes and thorn trees. But it was a great experience. As we were out hunting we came across two giraffe grazing, a male and a female. They were not scared of us at all and let us get really close.
I had a great shot at a bull with large horns, and we tracked it after the shot for an hour and a half, tracking its path of blood and tracks. The shot must not have penetrated well, because we never found it. So just before dark, around 6:15 three more came up to a water hole, and I got my first Kudu. This meat will feed us for at least 6 months, and it is great meat!
We also ran across some wild boar as well. It was a long hard day, 12 hours to be exact, but a great experience.
Here are some pictures of the bush, the giraffe, wart hog and my kill.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Bible Study at the Hostel
Today was my second youth meeting at the girls hostel. Last week was more of an introductory time. There were around 25 girls there last week. Well this week we began Bible study.
I started off with playing my guitar and we had praise and worship for around 30 minutes. Well when we started at 4pm we had about 20 girls, as the girls in the hostel outside heard the singing and worship they began to flood into our room. By the 4:10 there were over 40 girls in the room. The praise and worship was great, the voices of the girls was such a blessing to hear.
So we had a great Bible study after that for a half hour and there was great discussion as well.
Attached is a picture of the girls from today's Bible study.
I started off with playing my guitar and we had praise and worship for around 30 minutes. Well when we started at 4pm we had about 20 girls, as the girls in the hostel outside heard the singing and worship they began to flood into our room. By the 4:10 there were over 40 girls in the room. The praise and worship was great, the voices of the girls was such a blessing to hear.
So we had a great Bible study after that for a half hour and there was great discussion as well.
Attached is a picture of the girls from today's Bible study.
Monday, February 8, 2010
New Children's Church/ Youth Room
This past Saturday the kids, myself and another lady who works in the church fixed up an old garage near the church to use for Sunday School, Children's Church and Youth group meetings.
Cameron and Hannah did a great job taking out trash, moving small boxes and cleaning up some used children's chairs that we found.
The room was painted, the ceiling repaired and painted, we found some rugs to lay down and a pick nick table we cleaned up as well to use. It turned out quite nice. The added plus is that the garage doors open up, so that on the hot days we have some good airflow coming through.
We got it fixed just in time on Saturday for my first real youth meeting. It went really well. We had 18 kids show up, which I am told is good. It is normally only around 4 kids that come on Saturday's. This is because the Boarding School kids are not allowed to come to church on Saturday's, only on Sunday's. This is why we have the Wednesday Bible studies at the Boarding Schools.
Kristen and I started a children's church this Sunday as well with the 6 year old and under. We had over 25 kids in our new room. The first of the month is communion Sunday, so we showed them a video of the Easter Story and explained what communion is and why we (the church) have it every month. The kids seemed to enjoy it, and were amazed to watch a movie in our garage. I was able to purchase a portable projector a year ago and it works well here with taking it places for times like this past Sunday. I will be using it to show the youth the "Passion of Christ" in the next few weeks.
Here are some pictures of the new room!
Blessings to all!
Cameron and Hannah did a great job taking out trash, moving small boxes and cleaning up some used children's chairs that we found.
The room was painted, the ceiling repaired and painted, we found some rugs to lay down and a pick nick table we cleaned up as well to use. It turned out quite nice. The added plus is that the garage doors open up, so that on the hot days we have some good airflow coming through.
We got it fixed just in time on Saturday for my first real youth meeting. It went really well. We had 18 kids show up, which I am told is good. It is normally only around 4 kids that come on Saturday's. This is because the Boarding School kids are not allowed to come to church on Saturday's, only on Sunday's. This is why we have the Wednesday Bible studies at the Boarding Schools.
Kristen and I started a children's church this Sunday as well with the 6 year old and under. We had over 25 kids in our new room. The first of the month is communion Sunday, so we showed them a video of the Easter Story and explained what communion is and why we (the church) have it every month. The kids seemed to enjoy it, and were amazed to watch a movie in our garage. I was able to purchase a portable projector a year ago and it works well here with taking it places for times like this past Sunday. I will be using it to show the youth the "Passion of Christ" in the next few weeks.
Here are some pictures of the new room!
Blessings to all!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Work Day in Omulunga
Today Cameron and I went to do some lite construction work in Omulunga which is right out side of Grootfontein. There is a government school there and another SIM missionary feeds around 700+ kids there every day. So we were helping to repair a door, a wall and some holes in the floor of the cooking area.
The cooking is all done in three large kettle pots by boiling water with wood fires. The kids eat a substance that is like grits, made of corn meal and vitamins and minerals are added to it.
We worked a half a day and got most of the work completed. Cameron was a great worker today and the kids in the school loved watching him mix the mortar for the brick laying and for the holes we prepared in the floor. He is now a full fledged missionary. At one point some of the older kids that were watching us work called Cameron over and started asking him questions about where he was from and about his family. He was not shy at all and had a good conversation with them. I was quite proud of him today.
Yesterday I also had my first meeting with the Hostel (Boarding School) girls and it went really well. The girls get three hours of free time on Wednesday afternoons and could go in to town or do whatever, but 25 of the girls decided to spend an hour with me in Bible study learning about Christ! How cool is that! I am really looking forward to working with them each week.
Here are some pictures of our work today.
God bless!
The cooking is all done in three large kettle pots by boiling water with wood fires. The kids eat a substance that is like grits, made of corn meal and vitamins and minerals are added to it.
We worked a half a day and got most of the work completed. Cameron was a great worker today and the kids in the school loved watching him mix the mortar for the brick laying and for the holes we prepared in the floor. He is now a full fledged missionary. At one point some of the older kids that were watching us work called Cameron over and started asking him questions about where he was from and about his family. He was not shy at all and had a good conversation with them. I was quite proud of him today.
Yesterday I also had my first meeting with the Hostel (Boarding School) girls and it went really well. The girls get three hours of free time on Wednesday afternoons and could go in to town or do whatever, but 25 of the girls decided to spend an hour with me in Bible study learning about Christ! How cool is that! I am really looking forward to working with them each week.
Here are some pictures of our work today.
God bless!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Church and Sunday School
Sunday was my first day I guess on the job. This Sunday I joined the praise and worship team to assist in leading worship. It was good, and I enjoyed it a lot.
Attendance was down a bit due to it being the end of the month. Most people are paid at the end of the month here in town. So there are a lot of people that come in to town from surrounding areas to visit, and then a lot of the local people leave town to do the same.
So this weekend it was quite crowded in the streets and little stores.
At the end of the service I had a chance to address the church and youth to share about our family, share about how God called us here to serve and then to share the my vision for the youth group going forward.
One of my plans is to start a youth choir. So I had around 30 kids that expressed interest in the youth choir. So I am beginning to work on music for them, and we start practice this coming Friday afternoon.
After church one of the youth found a chameleon outside and grabbed it. You would have thought it was his pet because it was so tame. Corbin even had him on his head, although he did not cry, I am not sure he liked it on his head all that much.
Lastly we ended the day with Sunday School. Sunday school is different here. Rather than it being during church time, it is later in the afternoon at 2:30. Sunday school is only for the younger kids age 7-12. Youth and adults have small group Bible studies that meet in homes through out the week. We had 24 kids this past Sunday for Sunday school. We started taking them through a study on the ten commandments, played some games and had praise and worship. Cameron and Hannah joined us and they had fun as well. The kids were excited that they came as well.
Here are some pictures from the day.
Attendance was down a bit due to it being the end of the month. Most people are paid at the end of the month here in town. So there are a lot of people that come in to town from surrounding areas to visit, and then a lot of the local people leave town to do the same.
So this weekend it was quite crowded in the streets and little stores.
At the end of the service I had a chance to address the church and youth to share about our family, share about how God called us here to serve and then to share the my vision for the youth group going forward.
One of my plans is to start a youth choir. So I had around 30 kids that expressed interest in the youth choir. So I am beginning to work on music for them, and we start practice this coming Friday afternoon.
After church one of the youth found a chameleon outside and grabbed it. You would have thought it was his pet because it was so tame. Corbin even had him on his head, although he did not cry, I am not sure he liked it on his head all that much.
Lastly we ended the day with Sunday School. Sunday school is different here. Rather than it being during church time, it is later in the afternoon at 2:30. Sunday school is only for the younger kids age 7-12. Youth and adults have small group Bible studies that meet in homes through out the week. We had 24 kids this past Sunday for Sunday school. We started taking them through a study on the ten commandments, played some games and had praise and worship. Cameron and Hannah joined us and they had fun as well. The kids were excited that they came as well.
Here are some pictures from the day.
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