Foothill Vineyard - Missions

Today we visited another school that was a bit closer to the city than the ones before. As we pulled into the community, we were greeted by a few children running out to see us and waving. In the morning we sang a few songs and had fun teasing the children about getting the movements wrong. Then we prayed with them and asked them if they wanted to accept Jesus into their lives. We were met with an overwhelmingly open reception; almost all of the kids raised their hands when asked if they wanted to pray that Christ would come into their lives. It was amazing to see how enthusiastic they were about receiving the word of God. We were able to distribute 50 more paks in an area with a lot of need, and it was visible in the kids' faces that they were very grateful for what they had received.

When we returned in the afternoon, we performed the skit again and did more crafts and games. After a game of soccer, Pastor Dave used the colors on the ball to give the kids a quick lesson. He used black to represent the sin that we carry as humans, red to represent the blood Jesus shed for our sins, white to represent how Jesus makes us clean, green to represent growing as a Christian, and gold to represent the kingdom of heaven that is promises to Christ's followers. We then went out to the street and watched the children hit the piñata until Pastor Jerson finally took it into his own hands.

Today we saw God work in the lives of both the children and the team to show us his grace and love. With each distribution, we are seeing God work in more and more lives. With one more distribution left, we are hoping to see more of His love poured out on everyone involved.