Circulo Adalante ..... Walking circle

This is an amazing ministry that has been happening for the last 5 years here in Tijuana, Mexico. It is something that has grown and grown over the years and has seen many children the ages of 3yrs to 14yrs old though over the years.

Susie has been running this every week, there are between 30-40 kids that come and they have activities crafts and learning activities, they learn to read books and learn how to spell and they also learn rules and boundaries for their lives and they learn how they are loved an accepted by Christ.

I have only been to this ministry about 10 times but for the last 4 weeks i have been attending and teaching the 6th Grade they are from 11yrs and up and there is about 30 of them, i have loved it so much we have been teaching them the redemptive steps of the old Testament!!

Its been so much fun and this last week i took them on a Exile walk, we did it very dramatically, i lined them up and we were very military style with them they had to hold a string and not let go, they had to be silent and just walk. I lead them through the streets and told them stories of what it was like for the Isrealities in Exile. Back in Exile the people were chained together and had fish hooks from lip to lip and they were to walk miles and miles, they were falsed to live in a pagan culture and they had to learn new languages and live in a very violent, inhuman way. In this time because God is great and loves his people he still sent them prophets who brought messages of Hope and promise. It was fun that we acted out this experience and the Kids loved it, the DTS students acted out scenes as the kids walked down the road.

It was so much, they really learnt that when they are going through hard, dark times that God is still with them and he is never going to leave them and he will always bring a message of Hope and Love for his people!!!

Circulo is an incredible ministry that is helping children to learn and be educated to a higher level and to bring in so many values to their lives.

When Circulo started in Antorcha the Colonia it has been in for 5 years, there were really poor houses, that were nearly standing, no constant electricity or water, but now it is a triving community that has electricity and water, that has some little shops, it is safer and it has many Homes Of Hope Houses. this community has been really transformed and now it is time for Circulo to move to another Colonia (Community) and to begin serving and seeing transformation in this new community!!!

This has become a real precious family environment.... for the kids to learn how to be take care of each other, love each other and be a real community!!

Words of Hope............

Words are powerful weather they are positive or negative right? They stick with us, they can help shape us and they can define us in a good way or in a bad way, this is why i am working in a project that is about sharing the word....


I know how much words can impact us so why not be sharing the truth, why not be sharing words that are going to change peoples hearts and minds and that are going to bring transformation in many many ways, not just in one person or one way but in peoples hearts being changed and this impacting many other hearts and communities and families too.

So right now I am working on a Project that has just began, basically on elf our bible teachers here has a vision of teaching and training the local churches up of how they can study the Bible Inductively. Its to encourage them to dig into the word which is the truth, to understand it for what it is and live it out and be changed from the inside out.

I am working on setting up this ministry, doing all the admin and organization for this so that we are recording numbers, progress and to know how we can best serve the community.

I am working on teaching too and have been recently teaching Ephesians for the last 4 weeks, it has been so good seeing how the people in the church are starting to learn and understand the text for what it meant to the Original readers who were living in the time of the letter, and then how that interoperation for then Original Audience can be applied for our lives today!!

We are doing group work in the churches are learning and an amazing students, so far we have been running this 12 week programme in 2 different churches. We will be staring a new school in January in another church and we have dreams of this project joining up with the Homes of Hope project too in the near future.

ENVIA.....

ENVIA?? What is this I hear you asking, well let me explain, I am going to do a few entries in this blog of my ministries that I am involved in right now, ENVIA is one of them that I am staffing!!

This is a 12 week school that is run 3 evenings a week here on the base in Tijuana, but it is for the local people who can do a DTS for 5 months. We meet these people through our family selection for Homes of Hope Ministry, we meet them in the Colonias when we do church visits and when we run weekly the Circulo kids ministries.

It is such a fun school, we have 15 people who come and they are all very lovely, we have a mixture of pastors and youth leaders and mums and dads from the Colonias (the poorer communities up in the Hills.

So Monday, Wednesday and Friday we drive our van up into the hills to pick up our friends and bring them back to the base for the classes. The classes run for 2.5 hours, which is a lot after they have done a whole days work and fed the kids and come out for the school, but this is how hungry people are to learn more of God and to grower stronger in him!! This for me is so humbling, i think of so many times that i would struggle going to a prayer meeting and i would have had a nice car to drive and nice food to eat and then go for a bit and then come home, but sometimes that was a real effort, but each one of the students work like a 10hour day for not much money at all, have their families to try and feed and take care of and because they live in wooden, or boarded little houses that are more like a garden shed, they are cleaning every day too, and they are so excited for the classes..!! It humbles me!!

We are seeing people grow and get new revelations, one man and his wife have been in a very difficult time, where 2 months ago their father died and then 1 month ago their baby died, so they have had a very difficult time but they are still running towards God and taking on ll the challenges that life is throwing their way and they are still committed to God and serving the young people in their community!!

Please be praying for our friends in ENVIA as it is a very exciting time for them all to grow and learn more and they in turn can take this back to their families, communities and churches!!!

Transformation is happening........

How can such and small little boy, have such a big impacting story.....

One day we visited an Orphanage here in Tijuana, Mexico, it was such a good time to be with the children there are 34 little boys from babies to like 15 yrs old kids. There are about 12 girls too, in another building.

We got to play with the kids, sing and dance with them, it was such an good time to just really love them and show them how precious they all are. By the end of the visits many of the little children had curled up on our laps for a sleep.

So I met this little boy he is like 3 yrs old and I asked why is he there what happened to his family? And the reply was that his mother died 3 months ago and his father left him alone too. He now has no one, no family to visit him or care for him.

He is such a precious little boy he is so cute and so interested in life, and liked making new friends. This really hit me and challenged me.

This made me see that all of us have a place to play in the lives of people we meet.

Even when we are not family to people and they are looking for love or a hug or an ear to listen to them we can be there we can be available like Jesus was.

He never said to anyone "Oh sorry i don't have time" no he would stop and he would listen he would sit with the people that no one else had time for. Or no one else wanted to be associated too.

This is the challenge for me and the challenge i will carry every step i walk in every place i go, It is something i just sometimes get caught up in my tasks or my own world but i hope and if not you can keep me accountable.

But really there is hope for each one of these little children so pray with me that they can find families and people who will love them unconditionally!!!

A day of Dreams, hopes, Visions and Nations coming together for the Kingdom..........

Our community....

This was a significant day....... We had the chance to focus on the future and not just want his happening today

Its exciting when i arrived here in Rio about a month ago now i was met at the airport by 3 friends, so excited to see them and be back home here in Brasil........ One of my first conversations was with my friend Giselle, she was so excited to share here vision and things that God has been showing here, we talked in the airport and it was incredible because her vision inter twinned with my vision and the vision of others i know......

Today we met, we were missing four people because they are working and in school, but we all shared our visions and callings that God has put on our hearts and it is incredible how God has spoke the same sort of vision but all with a slight different role in it.......

Our team with one dream

As i sit in a room listening to the incredible stories and ways in which God spoke to all of us, i am amazed at Gods greatness and His hopes for this community......

This is the start of Gods Kingdom  coming, hearts to be healed and dreams to happen, for complete transformation and we all play a part and God guides the way.....

We got to pray around a building that has been shown to two people in a vision and we are trusting God for his will

We await his timing and his prompting, we walk daily submitting all to him and we know with confidence He will make something beautiful out of this..........

So Daily we have been in the streets, with the school kids talking and doing life with them, building friendship and sharing life stories with them...... Some of the homeless people live in this plaza too and so we have been talking with them buying food and helping with some medical needs with them.... We are loving this and so thankful to be able to be here........

Our new friends in the Plaza!!!

Living for a Reason..........

Teachings about missions in this cute church!! 

The more i am here the more i am seeing gods confirmation and his doors opening for the future plans he has for his kingdom to come.....

We have been teaching and equipping churches with the tools of tidying the word and having the foundations that don't shake and that are for ever and ones that will not shake!!!

Seeing people understand and have their eyes opened to what they are reading has been such a blessing......

The little baby from the family 

We have been having cool opportunities meeting people in the streets, praying with then and sharing food and drinks and hugs with them and prayers. We met a little family who had a baby and 2 children on the curb, they were sitting outside the house with all their belongings, we went out to speak with them and they asked for food, the mum and dad were deaf and mute so we communicated through the little girl and writing!! They have had to leave there home as it is really not safe for them to be there, we could only share food with them and pray for them but please continue praying for their safety and protection and Gods provision to......

Vaccinations

We have been seeing God's provision and his hand guiding us, we were praying to God to Manaus as you know whilst we were here as we have some incredible opportunities to teach and train. We went and got our Yellow Fever vaccinations in faith that we were going!!!

But we had no money for it, the other day i looked at prices and it was like $500. Me and Luis were like what the heck??!!! I was thinking now we won't be going, but we prayed and said " God if you want us to go then please take the price down to like $200 then we can go" So anyway, i was thinking what do we do, just stay and see what God does.....

My home for 2 weeks... favourite place 

The next morning Luis and i walk to get bread and Luis says " What do you think about the trip to Manaus?" I was like "I don't know really we just see, what happens i guess" Luis said i think we are going we just wait!!

Then that morning i was studying and i thought let me check the price on line of the flights, so i look and oh my word Yes, they had gone down to $209 each!!!! I start screaming "LUIS, LUIS we are going to Manaus!!!"

So God is continuing to blow us away and have incredible opportunities to share his word and truth to see people be set free......

Some friends of mine at the homeless ministry 

Brasil: Taking the word to the Rio Favellas ..........

This is where we are(Me and Luis the bible nerds but we are very cool actually), this is the favella that we are staying in, we live in the Church with the DTS that are here too from YWAM Tijuana!!!

We are 6 days in and God has been so faithful we have been busy teaching and bringing the word of God to the churches but to the kids and teens on the street, calling them out for who they are and loving them in a way that is showing them their real value and worth in life!!

We ran a small bible school workshop and we have been teaching how to study the word and how to bring it to be relevant for today!!

Then we went to a camp in the mountains with some teenagers and hung out with them sharing with them about their real identity and who they are in God that they are such precious people and they can really live a life that is full of peace and love because of God and because he is the one that will love and protect them in all things..... Many of guys have been caught up in things that have brought de value to them and brought anger and pain, and insecurity to their lives and we are showing them that there is more to life and that with Jesus there is so much more for them!!!

We have been walking the streets of the favellas and praying for people and talking with them too!!!

We are so thankful to be here in such a precious place seeing how God has been changing and restoring and renewing lives and hopes......
Thank you for your support, prayers and love........