Lazarus had his party in Heaven!

Lazarus and the rich man from Luke 16 was our story today. And what a good time we had with it! We had a real angel, well almost, anyway sometimes Verna can act like an angel and today she was. Verna and Alexis worked hard on those wings, too bad they are for looks only. Angelique did a great job today as she narrated the story. Like I said it's almost as fun to watch the kids watch the story. They seems to form a wall for the 'players' as the story unfolded. It was really cool. The rich guy, played by King Abraham had a party which got interrupted by the beggar. Well, both died and then enter 'Angel' Verna to carry the beggar to heaven, however satan showed up to escort the rich guy into hell. We even had some dramatic lighting portraying hell. Well, what else to preach but a real heaven and a real hell, but we also emphasized how they both arrived at their eternal destinies. It was so fun to preach, you could see how the story gripped certain ones as the preaching progressed. The power is in the gospel according to Romans 1 so we preached the Word in such satisfying way today. We then lead a mass prayer to receive Jesus. If you would have been present you would have sensed the saving Presence of the Holy Spirit as He recreated the hearts of many children and even parents today! What a job! Thank you again partners for all your support! This is fruit that will abound to your eternal account. For many more pics go here. Love, Verna and Mark

Forgiveness-Gotta do it!

It was a great day, to minister forgiveness as the Lord helped us lots. We had 39 pray to receive Jesus! Awesome! Angelique directed the reenactment of the story from Matthew 14 on forgiveness. Germaine was the forgiven servant dressed in glasses and big nose. It's always fun to watch the kids watch the story. Verna and I (Mark) then ministered more in depth. The anointing was present to help and we could really see some of them identifying with the examples of unforgiveness. The Lord gave us a simple ideal of using black paper to signify unforgiveness. I asked someone for a piece of black paper, well, this was a special black paper that had a white side to it as well. It worked perfect to demonstrate unforgiveness (black) and forgiveness (white). Sometimes some of the simplest things can bring the clearest meaning. I believe they got it. We ended leading them in a prayer of forgiveness. In the second service with the A-Team kids we have been ministering on Faith. This week we started at Romans 4:17, calling things that be not as though they were. Well we got to the point where we said money has ears, and they all laughed. It was a laugh of unbelief, well they never heard that before. We worked on them some. Verna reminded them of Jesus encounter with the fig tree and how it heard him. More work to do, but it is so rewarding. Thanks to all who are supporting us, this is your fruit! More Pics click here. Love, Verna and Mark!!

Summer Summary! - A Great Year!

We have had such a great time this summer and now fall. Our attendance has been sustained beyond anything we've seen since starting, which means we are reaching more kids than ever. Jesus is the Lord of the Harvest, and He certainly loves this harvest field. Every week we are just amazed to watch and see what happens during this service. We have had many, many new births, even some parents and older siblings. We started this summer to teach the kids to give, so each service we minister about giving and then receive an offering. One girl really liked to give so she gave a little bear, doughnuts, earrings. Some of the things we have ministered to include: wrong friends, pride, jealousy, wisdom. Bible stories of the 9 lepers, Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar and more. If you are a part of this ministry, you are helping us reach these children for Jesus and you won't loose your reward. For more pics see here. Love, Mark and Verna

Party Spirit

Hello, last week we introduced a subject that we have noticed quite a lot since our tenure here in Manila. That is "grupo" or groups, or what the Bible calls 'party spirit.' The kind of 'grupos' we are talking about are very unhealthy and separates the children unnecessarily and causes hurts and fights. This has even tried to creep into our childrens church!!! Well we are not ignorant of satan's devices. We went on this week to pull the covers off his tactics against our children. Angelique did the 'soap-opera' portion of our service. The kids love to see the story in action. Attendance was tops, we did the altar call, as a group event. We ended the preaching with the best group to be with is the "Jesus Group." That led to a neat salvation message which involved a 'gift'. This type of preaching can be 'on the spot', someone had a gift-bag, so we used that to demonstrate our point. Well you have to receive any gift no matter how nice or good. So, we led them all to receive, there was a really good anointing as Verna led them all in a Salvation prayer. This week was also reward week for inviting and rewards for the A-Kids efforts of attendance and memory verse. The top inviter, Rhea had 29 kids, Awesome! Love- Mark and Verna. Click here for more pics.