Hearts in Action Mexico

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever.  1 Chronicles 16:34 What a relief to know that His love endures in and out of season.  When this year ends and the next begins, His love stays the same.  This month, we were excited to finally teach a class at the Bible institute together!  It was my first time teaching (since I graduated in May), and we had a blast! Our students in Leon (five hours north) were eager to absorb the 16 hour material on Children's Ministry.   And, while we were in Leon, we got to do training for children's workers at two churches: "House of Grace" and "Tree of Life." For us it's an honor to inspire as many as we can towards the joy of training young ones.  Kids are soaking up messages constantly.     And it's our job to teach them the best one!  His story and His love and His purpose is so big that it becomes new for us as we pass it on to them.   ...

...I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse.  Choose life so that you and your descendants may live. Deuteronomy 30:19 That was our theme verse for our Day of Life lessons.  Since the Day of the Dead is such a huge celebration, we make the most of the opportunity and celebrate life with kids and families in churches and neighborhoods.  Here, at Word of Faith Church, we're teaching the verse (above).  Each participant helped us remember a part: Choose [road sign] life [heart] so that you may live [joggers]  you and your family [family of four]. And we got the youth involved with the game show skit. Contestants had to decide whether to "Go" or "Not to Go" with certain tempting situations.   We also taught them a choreography to our theme song: "Alive" by Hillsong Young & Free!  YOUTUBE SONG LINK That same day, we went to their new church plant in Toluca, State of Mexico.  After teachi...