The Kids Club

Yesterday was the first kid's club that the group was able to participate in. Every Wednesday we will be helping to run an afternoon program in a nearby neighborhood. We'll do a craft, story time, games, worship and a snack. These kids are so cute and we are really looking forward to being more involved in their lives!

Some of the students are finding other ministries to be involved in. Two of the girls left this morning to join a local church in their weekly trip to the dump where they bring lunch to the people who live there. We have plans as a house to go there at least monthly and bring hotdogs and a grill.










This week we opened the coffee shop near "playa Bruja" (Witch beach). It has been a truly hectic couple of days for the owner, Heidi as Tom (her husband) had to travel back home to California for about 6 weeks to finish up a large masonry project he has there. She has been doing a wonderful job of multitasking her girls who are in school here, working full time at the shop and being involved in the house as much as she can. Please pray the Lord brings customers! It is always a balance for Tom & Heidi figuring out when to open in the season and it takes a couple of weeks for people to know we are open. The snowbirds trickle down here around late October and November and so hopefully we will soon be super busy!

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Things are well under way here. This past week has been a whirlwind of activity. The Lonsdales arrived last week with their young daughters, Brisa and Mia. Heidi flew in on Tuesday and Tom drove and got here on Thursday night with a truck load of supplies for the shop and some of our personal belongings that we had left in California when we were there in September. It turned out to be just in time because Justin and Lisa's baby was born Friday morning!

Lisa had been really sick on Thursday and they decided to take her to the hospital late Thursday night. It was a good decision because it turns out that she had toxemia and they needed to do an emergency c-section Friday morning. Mama and baby Elsie Wren are doing great and should be coming home today. Lisa's mom flew in on Saturday to meet her new granddaughter and help out the new parents. I know Lisa and Justin are thrilled to have her here!

This week starts the program for the students. They will be arriving Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday we have a full day of orientation planned. Thursday we are taking the students for a trip to a remote beach village to stay and really get to know each other. And next week, the shop is opening so training for the that is happening Monday.

It has been really wonderful to spend time with Heidi and Tom and get to know them better. Over the weekend they took us to Stone Island to hang out on the beach. We took a ferry over and really enjoyed the afternoon there.















I am really looking forward to meeting the students this week and spending time with them on the retreat this weekend. Pray for their safety in travels and that we will have a unified group who are really eager to learn and grow. We are looking forward to seeing what the Lord does in the months to follow in our lives and in theirs!