On October 1st 2016, the ministry Jóvenes Educando con la Verdad opened a new site for ministry at the church in El Seybo. The ministry now works in six communities every week. Praise God!
With the addition of the El Seybo ministry, we also adopted four new youth to the team and 50+ children attended class the first day. It was a great turn out especially considering the rain that day.
Pictured above are the four new members of the ministry team. These youth live in El Seybo and are leaders in their church. We will be sending two members of our team to El Seybo each week to support them, coach them and take them through the discipleship class called Foundations written by Vince Vaughan.
I don't see the classes every week now that I live in Santo Domingo, but I had the opportunity to be present for the opening of this new site. I was blown away by the growth of the current ministry leaders -- they have grown so much! They delivered a dynamic lesson that included props and action and energy. The students were so engaged and excited to be learning. I was very proud of them!
They also had a craft prepared that was appropriate for all ages and well-prepared. The students couldn't wait to get their hands working and the leaders were kind and patient.
Praise God for opening the door for us to minister to another group of children. This is 50+ kids who will have the opportunity to hear the gospel every week, learn more about Jesus, build relationships with Christian role models and get extra practice with their reading and writing skills. Alleluia!!
