12th Street

We came to help on Children's Ministry day. They have 2 groups:in the morning the older kids meet (7 - 11)and in the afternoon the younger (4 - 6).The pictures are of the older kids, what a wonderful group of kids. The program has grown so much. Sonny and Leslie used to do everything and now the people of 12th street have stepped up and taken over.Leslie and Sonny now oversee and have more time to devote to the other ministries in Project Life like the men and womens' bible studies, livelihood and jail ministry.What an amazing God we serve! They start with prayer, some worship, games and a lesson. My prayer is that God reach more of the parents through their children.
The children that come some are in the sponsorship program. I have been collecting report cards and going to the schools for those we don't get turned in.The school year is ending so I will be going house to house to learn more about the families to prepare and send out sponsorship letters for the next school year.Project Life has a great quote from Ezra Taft Benson
"The Lord works from the inside out.
The world works from the outside in.
The world would take people out of the slums.
Christ takes the slums out of people, then they take themselves out of the slums."

We also had a chance to visit the jail in Olongapo. What a different system they have.You can sit in there for quite awhile before they even charge you with anything...The men's side has been on lock down for a couple weeks, since they had a small riot.So we did get a chance to go in and teach the women. Leanne taught on UTI's and the importance of hygiene. After the lesson we had a time for worship which was incredible. The women then asked if we would share so leanne and I both gave short testimonies of how God has worked in our lives.We then heard a couple of their testimonies as well. All in all it was an incredibly blessed day.