Calvary Baptist Church: July 26-August 2nd

This picture was taken at our day spent at Camp Caanan.

This is the first team I coordinated from start to finish my myself. It is time to see if I will sink or swim at coordinating teams with AMG.  :) I have to say the week went well!
Luckily this group got kicked out of their housing in the city for a night....that allowed them to spend a night at our camp for AMG students. This week's theme was "take a minute to think about God's calling for your life." That is a big lesson that we all have to continue living. The team took this theme and focused on the fruit of the spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control) for the games and crafts they planned. When we believe in Christ, an out pouring of the spirit within you should shine by you showing love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Can you see the fruit of the spirit in your life?

This opportunity to spend a day and a half at camp was some of the most beneficial time here in Guatemala for many of these youth. Camp is just a special place that can't truly be explained. The three adults in the front of the photo to the right is the family that runs the camp. They are amazing and the Lord knew what he was doing when he began their ministry at Camp Caanan 29 years ago. They are truly God filled individuals and you just can't get enough of them.

Rock Wall at Camp

Back in the city, the youth group taught the bible story of David in the lion's den at one of our schools. The youth taught the bible lesson to our kids in the English department. The team spent four full days in the English classrooms. Once again another group blessed our kids by working with them on correct pronunciation of English. I can't say enough about having native speakers in the English classrooms. Thanks!!!!

A big ministry of AMG is child sponsorship. You can sponsor a child for $32 a month which provides them with a snack, lunch, school supplies, uniform, week at an AMG camp, and medical care. Some of this group decided to sponsor a child so we took a special trip to one of our schools outside of the city for the team members to meet their sponsored child/children.
This was the most moving part of the week for me. It was so amazing to hear an eight year old talk about how excited she was to be sponsored because she would now get letters from her new sponsor. I didn't realize that being sponsored was so personal for these kid. Looking at the eight year old's face as she hugged her sponsor made it clear to me that it mattered to her to be a sponsored child.