Yesterday I spent a lot of time in the Singleton Road area looking for problem areas. Also looking into starting another mission site in a different Apartment Complex. Went over to Villas Nueva to meet Meghan and the kids for homework help. When I got there I noticed a couple of Mormon missionaries were standing at the bus drop off point. Fortunately for us most of the kids were warned by their parent to stay away from these guys. I spoke to them and asked them if they were missionaries. They replied yes.
Just as the bus came and the kids started getting off. They ran straight over to us to say hello. You see we have spent the past months building relationships, so they know we care about them. The other guys have little time invested so the kids wont have anything to do with them. We had about six kids for home work help. I see why Tim Cummins has taught us to homework help as a spring board for relationship building. Many of these kids would probably fail school of we didn't tutor them, so they treat us like heros.We always try to make Jesus the hero.
We had 3 cases of New Testaments donated by our partner Matt Johns. We started distributing them yesterday and today. The kids are virtually fighting over them. Hardly anyone seems to have their own Bible. We are thrilled that we can get them in the hands of people who really desire to have a copy of the Word.
After homework help we had a Bible study. Many of the kids are Catholic so they have been taught the Word. We are really glad that the children have been so eager to learn. We read the Christmas story to them from Luke Chapter 2. The kids were really into it! They knew a lot. Meghan did a fantastic Job helping them understand. We were proud to have the opportunity to share with them.
Today I worked on fund raising and administrative details. I am trying to figure out a way to raise support on line. We recently launched our new website. We also need to find a way to advertise the site. . If you are reading this please feel free to forward our web address to your friends and family. Or place us as a link on your site. http://www.thetablemissions.org/.
The manager wants to have a health fair.. I will need to work on that and see advice for my elders.
Have a great day tomorrow. We love you all!
