Koinonia!
“Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.” Psa 46:10
Our God is good! We are celebrating His goodness in the amazing week that we spent with the students and leaders from Olds Koinonia Christian School! Thank you for your prayers!
Little Champions Burn Camp! We are amazed at how God brought out many children that had suffered burns in the daycare fire and other fires to the 3 day camp which focused on how we can be champions in the Lord. They learned through praise songs, Bible verses and stories and fun games! Greg spent time with the parents during the camp facilitating interviews with Mike and Jan Sonnenberg (parents of Joel Sonnenberg, a young man that was burnt terribly at 2 years old that now challenges people all over the world to live everyday joyfully to the glory of God no matter what their problem) through Skype from North Carolina, Sandra, our friend, the mother of Alex, a young man that we’ve known since we moved to Hermosillo that suffers with a skin condition that leaves him looking scarred as if he were burnt all over his body and finally with Juan Franco a family counsellor, pastor and friend. It was an overwhelming blessing to share in the lives of these parents who have suffered so much lately, some of them having lost children in the fire almost 2 years ago.
Orphanage Ministry! A team of students and leaders spent the mornings blessing the “Casa De Gozo” (House of Joy) orphanage sharing their lives with the children through songs, games, stories and lots of hugs!
No Solo Poco Loco camp! This 3 day camp was something new for us. Shelli has had on her heart the discipleship of the children of Arbol de Vida that have put their faith in Christ and are growing in Him. We regularly do large evangelistic children’s clubs with the Gospel message being central but many times since the focus is evangelism our own church children don’t get a camp-type experience with deeper Bible teaching. We enjoyed having our friend Jim Cottrill come and share through the life of Peter with the children. They also learned ways to share the Gospel, did an outreach outing making sandwiches and then going to various areas in the city handing them out as they shared about God’s love. The Koinonia students and our Mexican youth were the counsellors and leaders of the various “tribes” of kids. The camp was held in our church building!
Construction ministry! 4 students and their leader Doug Duguid were focused on several projects that we needed done at the church. They worked extremely hard in the hot sun finishing in perfect timing a large shade structure for outdoor services as well as many other projects. Thanks guys!!!
Sports ministry! We were privileged to be able to spend the mornings in the school where Annelise and Caleb go to school. We made relationships with the junior high students in their physical education class and were able to share God’s love with them and invite them to a sports club in the afternoon at the church where they heard the testimonies of the OKCS students and got to know our youth.
