Belize VI - Relationships
Posted: August 16, 2008
Author: Pastor Steve
Category: Pastors' Blog
Tags: Belize, mission trip
You’re probably wondering where we have been with the blogs. Between busy times and internet service going down…too hard to post. But, I’ll try and catch you up. A big part of what we are doing is about relationships. The kids we met were a hard bunch. Poverty, lack of discipline, and a lack of family support meant difficult times. Part of what we were trying to do was to establish relationships that matter. Three brothers we spent time with were Jarvis, Jason and Javon(twins). Jarvis had a different father than the other two, one father had died and one was in prison. Three rough and tumble boys who showed up to be with us at VBS. They were considered the neighborhood outcasts and the bullies as well. They showed up at VBS looking to disrupt and put pressure on the other kids. I appreciate our team because we had the right mix of people to work with the kids indoors and to work with these older kids as well. Over the day, we saw a change in the boys. In fact, these three were with us to the very end of the day and they liked hanging out with the men on our team.
This is Jarvis…he went from trouble maker to a leader of songs and helping me over the two days. He even helped me cleanup all the cups and junk the kids through down on the ground. I gave him the hat…not because he picked up stuff…but because he is my friend in Jesus.
We give the older children evangecubes. If they can tell the Gospel using the cube…I give them one. Only stipulations….they can tell the story and they will tell the story to some others. One boy came back the next day and told me that he told 5 people the Gospel by using the evangecube.
Lisa with one of our many wonderful girls
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