Youth Ministries
Danny Giles continues to meet with the youth group each Saturday and also invites any of the youth who want to just “hang out” and visit to come on Wednesday evenings as well.
Both of the Christmas parties for the two Kid’s Clubs went very well. Kids from the jr. youth group and two of the older youth put on a puppet skit in each place. We watched the movie “Red Boots for Christmas” and each of the kids who comes to the clubs received a Christmas package that contained school supplies, toothbrush and toothpaste and an Arch Book Bible story along with a small gift, see picture above.
Christmas Outreach Service
The Christmas outreach service went better than expected. This year we had it at our regular Sunday service so people who came could see what our services are like. I didn’t expect as many people this year because of that but we had just as many as before, though, this time there were no men that came.
Danny shared the message at the service, the Sunday school kids put on a Christmas drama, then all the kids from the two clubs and the Sunday school came up for a mini concert. Afterwards all the kids received a bag of peanuts, candy and an orange and the mothers that were present all received a quilt. We gave away about 70 quilts in all this year, 56 of which were given to ladies on Sunday. One mother asked us to begin picking her kids up for Sunday school as well.
Dan and Debbie Giles
We enjoyed having Dan and Debbie in church the last Sunday of December for both the English and Spanish services. I (Todd) was out in El Tesorero for the Spanish service.
Prayer Requests/Praises:
- Continue to pray for Dan and Debbie as they are in Arizona to care for Dan’s dad.
- For the three extremely troubled marriages in our church. Praising God for one of the wives who seems to be making a turn for the better in her walk with the Lord. Also pray for Dan Giles Sr. who may be getting in touch with one of the husbands. The husband wanted to get in touch with him. So that is a positive sign amid mostly negative circumstances as far as their marriage goes.
- For the newborn cousin of one of the youth group kids. She showed much improvement in her leg but finally they had to amputate her toes. She has had a hard time recovering from that surgery, though and the family is very concerned.
- Praise God for some very good activities during the month of December and a good Christmas outreach service.
