October 2019

And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness. 

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Mexico's Day of the Dead, now fused with Halloween, has become one of the darkest times of the year.  Schools, plazas, catholic parishes (above), etc. adorn altars which the deceased "visit."  It's just one evidence of common syncretist culture and beliefs. 

Hence, Choose Life lessons were born. Years ago we started writing outreach curriculum that focuses on the joy of life and, more fully, life in Christ.  We want kids and families to conserve the excitement of celebration, turning their eyes to their Creator and eternal life. 

After much writing, planning, purchasing, recording, etc., this year’s lesson was ready.  October and early November were packed with teaching the lesson at different sites.  Our friends Ale y Lalo came along to help with the lesson as well as two other friends, Gaby and Luis.   Faithful Priscila, team member and friend, spent hours in preparation and support.

Welcome stations where the kids can play with Legos, color or build their Lego person

Narrative story that our Lego friend Emmet (costume) acts out

Prayer and ministry/response time

Karaoke-style sing-along for the memory verse (Gaby and Luis recorded the song!)

Lego-building contests and their applications

 As you can see, this year we took on the LEGO theme! Lego logo, Lego man (costume), Lego coloring page and craft, Legos to play with, Lego contests, etc. Then, of course, we tie in Biblical truths and applications like the importance of following the Lego instruction manuals.  God’s Word, the Bible is our instruction manual for life, but we often leave it off to the side. 

Two new choreographies for everyone to do with the worship songs

 Lego Bible object lesson

 This weekend we did the lesson in San Luis Potosi (5 hours north).  Here below is an alley where several young people from the church started a kids' outreach several years ago after attending To the Great Commission training in Guatemala.  The group grew into a church which rents a space a few blocks away.  It's a rough area of the downtown where God is growing up a witness for His Name.

On the night of the outreach, just down the street the neighborhood held their festivities celebrating Saint Death - a growing religion especially strong in the city of San Luis. 

Pastor Miguel praying for the young ones (and Liam 😂)

Outreach lesson at a mission of Wellspring Christian Church.  The pastor, Daniel, began working with kids in this area a couple years ago by the Holy Spirit's leading. Children make up the majority of the congregation.  Everyday he comes to eat lunch with the kids who are on their own in the afternoon since both Mom and Dad work.  

Kids' outreach lesson at Agape Christian Center

Then to finish off, the three kids' services at Conquering Frontiers Church. 

We're glad the busy season is over.  We do pray that those seeds of truth sprout and produce fruit. And that teachers and pastors can take some of the new ideas to challenge them in taking kids' ministry more seriously.  

Thank you for being part of the team this season and always.  The power of your prayers, support and love, even from a distance, mean the world to us. 

Join us in praying for wisdom and revelation as this year comes to a close and we seek His heart for steps to come.