We currently have two feeding programs to provide healthy meals to children in the poor neighborhoods where we are ministering, one at the church in Tierra Blanca that has been in operation for a long time, and another in the Catorce neighborhood which was started more recently in August of 2006.
Working with the Feeding Program is a delight, because even though the kids are rambunctious and difficult to control, they are a joy to work with, and it’s incredibly satisfying to see them receive and respond to the love of God!
The Feeding Programs are carried out by a team of people. People involved in the church who want to express their gratitude for God’s goodness to them work together to do the cooking, to teach the kids, and to serve the kids and pray for them. Even some people not involved in the church are volunteering to help because they like what they see so much!
We do the Feeding Program on Saturdays, and basically what we do is a simple Kid’s Church Service followed by a meal. We sing some fun and active songs that also teach about God’s love, we teach a simple lesson from the Bible along with a Bible verse, and we do some sort of craft. Then we serve them a super-nutritious meal with lots of vegetables. You see, none of the kids in these neighborhoods are going completely hungry, but very few of them actually get nutritious meals because their families either can’t afford or don’t know how to cook healthy.
It’s wonderful to feed and teach the children, but we want to do much more than that. We take every chance we get to pray for the kids, and to pray blessing over their homes, because we know God will honor that and will start to change the spiritual atmosphere of the neighborhood. We have two overriding goals. One is for the children to come to know Jesus and to grow strong in their faith, growing up to be wholehearted servants of Christ. The other is to reach the families through the kids, and to draw them to Christ.
Some photos of Feeding Program activities are shown below; you can view more photos on our website at www.lagunaonfire.org where you can see more of the activities with the Feeding Program as well as some of the individual kids we’re ministering to. Please pray for these kids! Please pray for the team of adults who are doing the work as well. And most of all, pray that God would accomplish His purposes in the children and in the entire neighborhood.
Kids Waiting to Be Fed |
This Big Pot of Soup Feeds Lots of Kids |
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Children Love to Sing Fun-and-Active Songs |
Craft Activities Are Fun Too
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