Following My Heart

2012-01-01T00:44:00.000-08:00

As you read this blog It's all ready 2012... Check out each album as we celebrate all that God has done in 2011.

On Tuesday nights there is Kids Club, where we play games, sing songs & learn about the bible. On Thursday night there is Kids Adelante, where it's other night of fun and learning about God. It's been fun getting to see the kids excited to come and have fun and learn at the same time.
I look forward to Tuesdays and Thursdays nights!!

Latino Christmas Party

Bhutanese Christmas Party

End of the year what else should we do but though a party!

LIT

(Leaders in Tanning). On Tuesdays I am over recreation (I get to come up with some fun games). It's been a great time getting to hang out with these kids.

LIT visit Bickford

the kids are in joying the time they get to spend with there buddy's.

LIT at Great Wolf Lodge

LIT at KC Chiefs Game

The fun times we had as a group.

Oh, the Fun

as share live with each other.

What a year it has been and that was only a little of what has been going on, Read about some of our most exciting highlights and milestones from 2011 and check up on everything going on at Mission Adelante in
The Adelante Express.
I can't wait to see what God is going to do in 2012!!

2011-12-17T22:38:00.000-08:00

Today we got to hand out coats to the families that come to the Resource Center

All the coats

had to throw some fun in

Thanks to Heartland Community Church and Christ Community Church for supplying winter coats. It was a true blessing being able to meet this need and help everyone to stay warm this winter!

We all to like a party

2011-12-17T22:04:00.000-08:00

We all gathered at Bethany Community Center to celebrate another end of the trimester; the only way we know how is throwing a Christmas party!

On Saturday Dec 10 we had the Latino party:

Then Sunday Dec 11 the Bhutanese party:

This weekend was full of fun and a great time to celebrate; it all ways feels like one big family when we all gather together!

Thankfulness

2011-11-24T00:11:00.000-08:00

Today is Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving hope you all have a blessed day!!

Fun at the Chiefs

2011-11-23T16:21:00.000-08:00

On November 6 the LIT kids got a surprise! A volunteer got tickets for them and some volunteers to go to the chiefs...

Let me say that they had a blast!

Canasta Basicas

2011-11-21T13:32:00.000-08:00

Canasta Basica means basic basket in Spanish. Last Wednesday I went up to Heartland Community Church and talk to a group of woman that were doing a Canasta Basica assembling party for their MothersTogether serve day.

I got to share a little about Mission Adelante and my personal story. Then I got to share how these sacks that they were making would go to bless so many families

Each sack is filled with beans, rice, sugar, ﬂour, spaghetti and vegetable oil and a Bible verse

The ride home was a fun time with a car full of 40 sacks

These sacks are handed out every Saturday morning to families that come to the Resource Center

You can get your small group or kids involved, too. Click here to learn how to participate through you own Canasta Basica assembling party!

Halloween Fun!

2011-11-15T20:00:00.000-08:00

Got I got to take these girls trick or treating at the legends shopping center with some of our other friends

On 17th street is the place to be for Halloween.... let the fun begin and throw a birthday in and lets say it was a great night or fun!

On the way home home we saw this sign and made me laugh and all the fun we had just wiped us all out

The best Summer ever!!

2011-08-16T00:12:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that summer is over and the kids are back in school. This summer has been much different than others.... I have been hang out with two girls named Gaby and Marinna It's been a great time just living life with these two and oh, what fun we had!

Went to the zoo

Swimming

4Th of July

old shawnee days

Fun with the interns

Five day camp

As I look back on all the fun and laughter we shared I would not trade a moment that I had with them. I love all the times we hung out, a lot of the time was just unplanned and so much came out of that time. When I really try to think about how to sum up my summer I just can’t put it into words.. Someone said to me what a differences you are making in these girls lives but I feel like they are making a differences in my life and changing me to be a better person.

Fun before school started
3D movie and park

We like to party :)

2011-08-16T00:10:00.000-07:00

It's all was a blast come together and celebrating!!

Time to play!

A Craft

Sponge game

Dance

Go and Tell the good news!!

2011-08-16T00:08:00.001-07:00

It's been a bast getting to share with group one about the story of Jesus!

Having a cold treat as we listen to a story

We use this great book called The Jesus story book Bible it had great pictures and it goes through the being and the end of the Bible. I think my high light of this hold trimester is when we started talking about Jesus death and risen and then how Jesus told his disciples to go tell the new.

When at last they reached the top of the highest hill near Jerusalem Jesus turned to them and said "Go everywhere and tell everyone the happy news"! "Tell them I love them so much that I died for them. It's the truth that overcomes the terrible lie.

It's fun to see the kids get exited about what they just learned..We played the game telephone...

To help them explain how we need to be careful on how was tell other people about God. I would give them a word like sponge-bob and some how the last person would get something not even close to what we started off with. It was a great way to show them that they can go and tell there friends about Jesus.

I look back on this trimester and smile as we get to see these kids fall so in love with the story of Jesus and know that these kids are going to grow up and someday go out and change the world in there own way!

They say it's your birthday!!

2011-08-01T21:46:00.000-07:00

On Sunday night she got her Justin Bieber cake!!

Mordida!!!

This is what the cake looked liked after

Got to get have a little party for Gaby and I think she had a blast with friends!

Happy Birthday!!!!!

Frosting by Caroline and Annie

I think she liked her gift!

I am so blessed to know this special girl and getting to celebrate her Birthday!!

2011-07-25T09:13:00.000-07:00

last week has been so hot! YMCA had cooling centers open and we were able to stay cool and have some fun at the same time.

2011-07-25T08:17:00.000-07:00

On July 11 - 13 emmanuel baptist church came down and did a VBS for Mission Adelante kids! Check out all the fun they had....

Underneath the stars

2011-06-28T23:13:00.000-07:00

Nothing like taking kids out of the neighbourhood and in to the great wide open and That's what we did this weekend! Camping nothing like swimming in the lake, playing Mafia, roosting marshmallows for s'mores and sleeping in tenets. It was a lot of fun hearing the kids talk about the stars and how they could see the big dipper and they would never really get to see this back home, The other highlight was everyone that went on the trip got to bond with each other and grow closer to God!

On the road

Group shot

Go Team!!

2011-06-28T15:54:00.000-07:00

One of our partner churches, Shoal Creek, come down last week and put on a VBS for our kids. Out on our soccer field for 3 nights the kids learned about of Jonah. Check out all the fun we had!

It just all came togather!

2011-06-05T22:21:00.000-07:00

The girls wanted to hang out with the interns tonight after church but I did not know if they all ready had plans.
so I ask one and we ended up with six over at my house eating pizza and playing apples to apples.

I love how tonight just fell into place and let me just say it was a lot of fun!

The start of the summer fun!

2011-06-04T22:09:00.000-07:00

On Monday 5/30:

we got to go to The zoo with some friends...

Mariana had my other camera and this is some of her pictures she took..

Then today Saturday 6/4:

Each year Old Shawnee Days marks the start of summer for thousands of families who enjoy this amazing weekend-long Midwest celebration. So we went to check out all the fun!

Just Around the River Bend!!

2011-05-29T23:52:00.000-07:00

The interns are here...

School is all most out for the kids...

The fun is about to start...

I feel that this summer is going to be a great one!

Celebrate Good Times Come On!

2011-04-19T21:03:00.000-07:00

This weekend was our spring trimester party's, it was a lot of fun getting to celebrate with everyone. Check it out!

On Saturday the Latino party:


Group one and two saying John 3:16

Game time...

Then on Sunday the Bhutanese party:

Egg hunt ...

God is doing a lot of awesome things in KCK!!

Check it out

2011-04-15T21:23:00.000-07:00

Every Thursday night

LIT- setting an example for the believers

2011-04-13T22:47:00.000-07:00

Today was the last week of LIT.. look back on all the fun!

12 kids join us three days a week for tutoring, spiritual mentoring, and character development. We are rising up the next leaders and as I watch them this trimester I have seen so much change in these kids. God is really speaking to them and they are listening! We have a round up every night before the kids leave, talk about the day but my high light is when we come to gather and pray for each other.

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12

These kids are going to be great things!

"LIT 2011"

Spring break fun

2011-03-28T21:55:00.000-07:00

On March 16 was spring break for the kids, So why not go on an adventurer to a dairy farm! It was a lot of fun being away from all the noise of life and just be around open space and cows.

Milk tasting...

We tried.......Strawberry milk, Banana milk, Orange dream milk, Root beer milk, Chocolate milk

I am not sure which one she did not like but I love this face.

So this how they do it but where is the milk?

Milking the cows...

There trun now....

It was so much fun just getting these kids out of their neighborhood and just let them spend time with each other. As we sat down for lunch I asked if anyone wanted to pray Gaby said she would, "Dear God, Thank for you letting me spend time with my brother and sister" That was her pray and that made this trip the best.

Mission Adelante's Volunteer Opportunities

2011-01-11T20:05:00.000-08:00

If you live near Kansas city, and you like serving others, you should check this video out....

Mission Adelante's Volunteer Opportunities from Mission Adelante on Vimeo.

The next trimester is launching next week! This Saturday (1/15) is the volunteer orientation.

Come and serve with us!

Snow Day Fun

2011-01-10T16:50:00.000-08:00

No school to day, so what should you do? Go outside and play!
It was like walking in a winter wonderland, why not go have some fun in it!
We hit three sledding hills today and it was a lot of fun!

Girls just want to have fun!!

2011-01-08T20:09:00.001-08:00

Kristen and I had some girls over from the Latino and Bhutanese commities over for dinner the other night.

They all got to make their own pizzas.

Of course there was dancing.

Group picture!

Then they had a tickle fight.
Nap Time!

The next generation

2011-01-01T16:43:00.000-08:00

Meet group one !
I get to hang out with them and co-lead with Anna on Thursday night.
We have had two of the teens Adelante teens volunteering with the kids.
The kids love having them around.

We read from a book called the Lamb it talks about creation to Christ and we work on memorizing verses. Here is a video of one of the verses we worked on.

They learned 5 different verses and they are only 4 and 5 years old.
Three of the boys earned the award for learning all five verses and not missing Kids Adelante any of the Fall 2010 trimester!

I am so proud of these kids and all there hard work they have done!

Have you seen there childhood?

2010-01-29T20:35:00.000-08:00

This song and every time I hear it makes me think about the kids that I work with. It's called Childhood by Michael Jackson Here is some of the lyrics that really hit home for me:

Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for the world that I come from
'Cause I've been looking around
in the lost and found of my heart...
No one understands me
they view it as such strange eccentricities...
'Cause I keep kidding around
Like a child, but pardon me...

Before you judge me, try hard to love me,
Look within your heart then ask,
Have you seen my Childhood?

People say I'm strange that way
'Cause I love such elementary things,
It's been my fate to compensate,
for the Childhood I've never known...

Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my youth
like fantastical stories to share
the dreams I would dare, watch me fly...

The more I get to know these kids I am seeing what life is really like for them, just what they have to face at a young age has been a heart tug for me and I feel so blessed that God called me to Mission Adelante. It's like they have to grow up so fast in a world that they hardly seem to understand. I know that we are making a different in this kids lives but it’s hard to see them up against so much at the young ages they are. I feel that if someone does not tell them that they can do anything they want when they grow up the wont ever shoot for the stars. I just have to trust that God is working in their hearts and can't wait to see how these kids are going to change the world in their own way.

There was a seminar that we offered about gang awareness it was very eye opening for me and I know can understand what the graffiti that I see around the neighborhood and the warning signs to keep our kids out of trouble.

Current needs:

A blender, a crock-pot, and cooking pans have been requested by families that have visited our resource center recently. If you have extras of these items, or would consider purchasing one, it will be given to a family that needs it.
Toilet paper and kids summer clothes and Diapers, all sizes and any size package for distribution through the Resource Center
Volunteers to spend a couple of hours this week or next week sorting clothes in our Resource Center. Please call Molly Merrick at 913-961-2984 to line up your time
Brown paper grocery sacks for the resource center. Next time you buy groceries, why not ask for "paper" at the checkout and then bring the sacks with you the next time you come to the Mission.

Here are some photos, checks it out:

This was a really cool Saturday we took our Teens Adelante to a rope course. It was a great time for the teens to work together and learn more about each other and them self's.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=168892&id=512702865&l=061d951bc8

we had our two spring party and they where a lot of fun hanging out with the family's and getting to celebrating all the kids and there hard work you this trimester

Bhutanese spring party: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=168248&id=512702865&l=97d1af537e

Adelante Spring Party: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=166032&id=512702865&l=0a341a6a67

Come to our Volunteer Training Seminar on Saturday, May 22 from 9:00 a.m to 12:15 p.m. to get started! For more information email Morgan Ham at morganh@missionadelante.org. And now, if you have a few minutes, watch a quick video to get a better feel for what it looks like to be involved in our ministries!

Mission Adelante's Volunteer Opportunities from Mission Adelante on Vimeo.

I am excited for you to share in the next blog that I am working on, I gave some of of LIT kids a camera and I am calling it looking through there eyes.

It's a new year!

2010-01-23T13:23:00.000-08:00

I still can't believe it's 20010! This song coming on my I-pod New years eve night ... this song is what I am hoping for this new year! I found this Video of the song and I wanted to share it with you.

Mission Adelante's annual Christmas party:

This was a great time and a lot of fun we had over 250 people fill Bethany Community Center on Dec 16 to celebrate the accomplishments of our ESL, Kids Adelante, and L.I.T. students.

A New Step:

I have been taking Spanish class and I am learning but slowly but need to try to be around more Spanish. I have been praying about if I should start going to the Mission Adelante in home small groups that are on Sunday nights. When Jarrett told us in one of our staff meeting that we where going to do all worship services for Sunday nights was this a sign from God and is this what I should do? I have been going to the Gathering serves at Heartland community church on Sunday night's and it's been a great time, it’s at now just blows me out of the water to see such a young generation with there hearts on fire for God and for the world. When I am at the gathering my heart and thoughts are all with the kids and the families that I work with. My heart is not good in two places, I made a exciting step to call my church home Mission Adelante. Our faith community has met together for Sunday Worship six weeks in a row since transitioning away from in-home small groups. It has been a positive change, as the continuity of gathering all together has allowed the community to become even more tightly-knit.

Teen Adelante:

On Wednesday Jan 27 was the kick off! It was a cool to see nine teens come to this. I got to lead worship for them and it made my heart jump for joy to hear them sing along and one of the girls asked if I could play Come now is the time to worship again. It's going to be fun to see how much God is going to work throw this and how much the teens are going to grow. I will be leading worship on every last Wednesday of the month.

LIT:

It's been a lot of fun working with these kids and seeing how much LIT is helping them
and I love seeing there hearts starting to grow so close to God and how they are really caring
for the world. When we were having are round with the kids one of them wanted to pray for the kids in Haiti it was moving to hear there prays for people they never knew and they just prayed from there hearts. Then they come up with a way to help so the L.I.T. students will hold a Bake Sale at the Mission Adelante facility next Thursday, February 4 at 8:30 p.m. Proceeds will be donated to World Vision for their earthquake relief effort in Haiti. please let me know if you would like to help them.

Leaders-In-Training students and volunteers celebrated accomplishments with two of their own students yesterday: Odalis earned her first "A" on a math test, and Gaby brought three awards to show off that she had received at school including one for academic improvement and two for good citizenship. These kinds of improvements are the gratification that our L.I.T. tutors find so rewarding!
I AM SO PROUD OF THERE KIDS!!

It's fun to be a cow:
I get to be a cow! I am not kidding I work at chick-fil-A I get to dress up as the cow ... it's been a lot of fun getting to do this job. This week I was able to bring the cow to Mission Adelante on Wednesday the cow come to LIT and then Thursday the cow came to kids Adelante. It was a great time to be the cow and hang out with the kids but the kids are very smart they knew it was me as the cow =) but I still tried to play it off.
click this to check out the fun

Prayer needs:

Please continue to pray for strength for the pregnant mother in our community that we described last week. She continues to cope with financial difficulty, the imprisonment of a brother and the serious illness of a sister, and her husband has now become absent from their home as well. Please pray that she will truly receive the Holy Spirit's comfort.
Please pray for a Hispanic woman in our community who courageously left her job after suffering workplace abuse and sexual harassment over the course of a few years. Pray for God to allow her to find a new job where she'll be respected.

Current needs:

Diapers, all sizes and any size package, for distribution through our Resource Center.
Brown paper grocery sacks for the resource center. Volunteers: next time you buy groceries, why not ask for "paper" at the checkout and then bring the sacks with you the next time you come to the Mission?
Volunteers to spend a couple of hours this week or next week sorting clothes in our Resource Center. Please call Molly Merrick at 913-961-2984 to line up your time.

Ready Set Go...

2009-10-17T21:20:00.001-07:00

I was looking on my blog and it's been a long time cents I updated it so here we go!
I know it's just a short blog but I wanted to give a quick look
on what's been going on with me and Mission Adelante.

A quick catch up:

We ending Kids Adelante with Back packs:

Each kid got a back pack filled with schools supplies that was need to start off the school year they where excited to pick out there own back packs and to see that it was all just for them!

A quick catch up: We ending Kids Adelante with Back packs: Each kid got a back pack filled with schools supplies that was need to start off the school year they where excited to pick out there own back packs and to see that it was all just for them! End Of The Year Party: Was held at the Wyandotte County Lake on Sunday afternoon with over 200 people in attendance! We recognized recognized all the program participants and volunteers. A kick off to the Fall trimester: After a nice break between trimesters we are now kicking off t LIT Starts Back Up: We kicked off LIT yesterday (9/14) It was a blast to see the kids we have 6 returning and 7 new kids we invited to join us for this year. We are excited to see these kids what these kids are going to bring this year and how

End Of The Year Party:

Was held at the Wyandotte County Lake on Sunday afternoon with over 200
people in attendance! We recognized all the program participants and volunteers.

A kick off to the Fall trimester:

LIT Starts Back Up:

We kicked off LIT (9/14) It was fun seeing the kids again. We had 5 kids returning
and invited 7 new kids to join LIT.

(We introduce the LIT kids at Kids Adelante )

The kids will come after school three days a week for tutoring, spiritual mentoring, and character development. It's going to be fun to see what God is going to do throw these kids!

Kids Adelante:

on (9/17) we also kick off our kids club on Thursday nights. the first night was had 56 kids fill the room we have had so many kids that we now opened other group so now we have six groups.

(This is group one kids that I get to work with this trimester)

This Fall trimester has been a blast just knowing that we are on the one's standing on the front lines for these kids.

You Just Got to read this:

3 youth groups have done mini-mission trips to Mission Adelante this summer:

2009-07-25T16:17:00.000-07:00

It's was a blast just to hang out and play with the kids. here are some pic of all the nights

First Presbyterian Church:
Oh, what fun we have night 1:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=90371&id=512702865&l=997ccbb224
Oh, what fun we have night 2:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=90430&id=512702865&l=88c15b4d6a
Oh, what fun we have night 3:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=90434&id=512702865&l=616e0f5e04

Emmanuel Baptist Church:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=86894&id=512702865&l=27f64e1d4a

Shoal Creek Community Church:
Night 1 of fun in the park:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=85289&id=512702865&l=fe403b4339
Night 2 of fun in the park:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=85527&id=512702865&l=361078f4f5
Night 3 of fun in the park:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=85734&id=512702865&l=057159f678

An Update:

2009-07-22T09:57:00.000-07:00

This summer has gone in a blink of my eye but it's been a great one. there is so much that has gone last time I posted my blog I talked about the canoe. It was a great time, I never canoed be for but it was a lot of fun! I think the kids had a lot of fun they have a lot of funny stories from this trip.
here is a video of all of are fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_7Itt4qthY

Back To School:

I can't believe that it's all most time for the kids to start school again!
This Thursday 8-6 we are going to hand out backpacks to the kids
in Kids Adelante. The kids are really excited for this night one little girl in my
group we where talking about what's going on this Sunday she said with no
pause "we get are backpacks" all I could do is smile.
(will try to have pic up from this night)

End Of The Year Party:
This Sunday is going to be a blast! This is where we get to celibate the kids
from Adelante kids and the ESL students on there hard work.
Sunday, August 9: Trimester-end Party at Wyandotte County Lake Park: Beach shelter. 4:00--free time, 6:30--dinner, 7:30--program. All are welcome!
address: Kansas City , Kansas 66109

Current Needs:

A microwave, washer, and dryer for families in our community
Diapers, sizes 5, 4, and 3. Diapers are one of the most sought-after items in our Resource Center and seem to fly off the shelves as fast as they're donated.
Volunteers for Adult English classes and LIT tutors beginning in September. If you're interested in being and English conversation partner, please e-mail Jason at jasons@missionadelante.org. If you're interested in tutoring kids weekday afternoons, please e-mail Megan at meganm@missionadelante.org.

Prayer Needs:

Pedro and Imelda, a neighborhood couple, have recently begun attending our Bible study. Please pray for God to give them a hunger to know Him and draw them to Himself.
Please continue to pray for God to bring additional volunteers with a heart to serve kids in Kids Adelante and Leaders In Training.
Pray for ESL students and volunteers to maintain their momentum during the upcoming five-week break.
Praise God with us! Eduardo, one of the community kids most at-risk of gang involvement, has recently shown signs of change in his attitude and behavior. His family has also had more consistant attendance at worship and Bible studies lately.

Eduardo had touched my heart with his family. Just to see this kid slip away from a lot of things but just to see that prays do work. He is starting to slowly come back to being his self when I look across the room I catch his smile and it makes my heart melt. I got to go with his mom to go see his sister in dance show. It was a lot of fun hanging out with them and as we where leaving he said to me " Molly I am going to give you this shirt that I have for you can remember this day" I was so blow away this! I just keep praying for him and his heart I know God is doing something really cool in it and that he wont slip back to where he use to be. Please join me on this and for every kids that's involved with Kids Adelante.

Summer is here!

2009-06-10T21:34:00.000-07:00

I know it’s been a long time there has been a lot that has gone on. Summer is here and school is out the fun has be gone.

Kids Adelante:

We kick of the summer fun this Kids Adelante this last Thursday 4, it was great to see all the kids again.

Click here to check out more pic of Kids Adelante:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=83001&id=512702865&l=eb8b3f5b54

A day at the park:

On Saturday May 16 a church group come

down and did games and face painting.

This day was very special to me because last summer I got to know a family with 5 kids from the neighborhood and really grow close to them and then one day they just up and moved I had no clue what happen…

On this day they just showed up and joined in all the fun.

It was really happy to see them!

( I only could just get a pic of four of them)

Click here to look at more pic of A day at the park:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=79115&id=512702865&l=9aea925c36

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=79045&id=512702865&l=39ffa6863a

This summer:

I am working at Mission Adelante Monday, Tuesday and Saturday days

I got a part time job I am a nanny for a 6 year old boy. He is a lot of fun we are having

a blast this summer.

An update:

I had a silent Auction on April 25. Megan and I had a silent auction at Blue Valley West High School. When I look around the room it was cool to see people there that really cared for the Mission that God has put me on.

Pray:

This weekend is our LIT canoe trip! We are taking

9 kids and 7 leaders and 3 Patents we are heading up

to North fork River in Southern Missouri. Please pray

for safety on our way down and back, that the kids will

grow so close to God this weekend and have fun at the same time.

please click on the Adelante express to read a really cool story about some of the LIT kids

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2009-04-07T19:34:00.000-07:00

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New Life

2009-04-05T14:56:00.000-07:00

I wanted to share some exciting new that went on in our Mission Adelante Community
we had Baptism it was a really cool site to see.

two baby Dedication:

Adiella and camilo

Six people got baptized:

Alberto Amparan and Graciela Jimenez

Alden

Marta and Luz and Nayeli

Here is where the cool story comes in Nayeli one of the kids in a Kid Adelante and LIT. Just seeing how much she has changed over time and how she has grown so close to God at them some time. The three different generation of this family getting baptized together Grandma and Mother and Daughter. To read more about Nayeli check out:

http://missionadelante.blogspot.com/2009/04/celebrating-nayelis-baptism.html

As I was watching the night go by it made my heart feel with Joy seeing what was going
on in the community and how that these people that took a new step
in there lives, are now the ones that are going to be
leading other by just there actions.
Alden and Nayeli are the youngest to be baptized in there age
I think these kids are setting a really sweet example for others
there age.

Just keep everyone that took this new path in there life
in your thoughts and prays.

I know God was looking down and Smiling on that night
and He is proud of everyone and is holding them
so close right now

Update I have a lot to share

2009-03-19T11:27:00.000-07:00

From after my last blog.... I am glad to say everything has been quite and peaceful around here.

February went by so fast and it's all ready March Wow.... where did all the time go? I feel like everything is flying bye there is a lot going on with me. As a lot of you know I am part time with Mission Adelante and I love working there! My job title is Ministry Aide, I go to work had help the staff or what might need to be done around the building and then I get to hang out with our LIT kids. LIT is our (leaders In Training). It's really kool to see how these kids our growing so much throw what they learn on Kid Adelante on Thursday nights and just how much we show them there is someone that really love them. Mission Adelante is doing a graet thing down here there Mission:

Serving Hispanic immigrants to Christ and mobilizing them to serve.

Mission Adelante is an urban mission to Hispanic Immigrants that seeks to win them to Christ through serving them at the point of their felt needs, discipling them relationally, mobilizing them to serve, and equipping them to lead, toward the end of growing community - impacting, leader-reproducing bilingual churches.

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We Had Four Students come Down Over Spring Break:

Check out the pic (Just A Day Of Fun)

Spring Break is for just time to rest from school and just take it easy but not for these for lady's on there spring break they came down to Mission Adelante. It was some fun days for the kids Monday and Tuesday kids showed up to hang out. It was really Kool to see how many kids did show up, They played games and did a bible story's. On Tue for the St. Patrick's Day we took some kids to the parade. when they could have been hanging out with there friends or family, It was really kool to see them come down and spend there time hanging out with the kids and eally showing the love of God to them.

LIT "Leaders In Training "

Will LIT started last year and it's kool to see. We chose 13kids out of our Thursday nights club
that showed a little bit of leader ship and we invited to this new program. Well, LIT has had it's ups and downs right now... We only have 10kids that are still hanging on with us, but the ones that our still her are working really heard and keeping up with everything.

KID'S ADELANTE (Thursday night's)

It's fun to go every Thursday night and really love on these kids and tell them about God love for them. I feel we are the ones who are teaching the kids so much about God and how they don't have to go find other thing to make them happy or to fund love in other things. God loves them no matter what they have done in there life's. I was talking to one girl last week and she was tell me about somethings in her life that was going on to hear her store just broke my heart.
I was able to share that even though we don't under stand life and why bad thing happens but God is all ways there for her. This is why we are here to reach these kids and show them that there is so much love for them when they face so much pain at this young age it's so hard for them to under stand it all but when they know that it's going to be ok it make something a little easy and that someone is there for them. I told her that God is there for her and I was right there for her too I think she under stood it that we are here for them and we care about them.

Manos de Ayuda (Helping Hands)
Resource Center
The Resource Center provides resources for immigrant families through securing donations of new and lightly used items through a network of churches.

Every Saturday at 9:30 there is a little garage that we open and family's they come in and get stuff that might help them. Just watching some of these families come in shows me that the have some much strength to ask for help by just coming. Just with the hard times everyone is facing right now I have seem a lot of family's come in and ask for dippers and food or take a bag full of clothes or stuff for there house or there kids or just things take for granted.

(this is a pic of what it looked like when we first started)

when everyone that comes in after they look around we ask if there is any special need that they did not, one asked for a bed and other asked for a stove we try or best if we get stuff donation and a family needs it we let them know that we have what they are looking for. I love helping them and letting them know it's ok to ask for help and that we are here to help them. the one kool thing that we do for everyone that comes in we pray for them before they leave last Saturday I got to pray for a lady it was really sweet to be able to bless her by praying over her life.
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so that's what I have been up to with Mission Adelante but I feel like God is teaching me alot right now in my life and my walk with him, let me give you a look into my world.

Right now I feel like I have a lot of balls up in the air that I am trying to juggle and in my life right now, I some times wounder if any our going to come down. I am learning a lot working for Mission Adelante and living down here has been a really eye opener for me. I never thought this would be such a growing time around rising and trusting God in this new walk has been a really sweet experiment. I have been living with a family that has three and it had been a great time share life with them. I am sad and excited to say that God had called them to Costa Rica it's going to be a great time to see there family grow in God and for the to share God's love over there is even cooler. I feel like this time in place I have been really close to God and it's kool to see him show him self to me in so many was that just blow me away.

I am Reading:

this book is really kool I read some of it this summer but pick it up and started reading it a lot and I have been getting a lot out of it and trying to live it out. This something really kool keeping God in your mind when you go throw your day and just talk to Him like you would talk to a friend or just ask him for help when you are going throw a hard time with you job or school.
I have been trying this and I feel like God and I have grown so much closer I share my life by all ways having him on my mind. I will be honest that I some time do forget that God is there but I when I do I tell him Sorry God I forgot just a little please help me stay close to you and I can feel him with me."If there is any contribution that I have to make to the world that will live, surely it must be my experience of God on Signal Hill "Frank Laubach. this book is like a dairy of both man and there walk trying to keep the presence of God close. It's kool to read when they have good days and when they have bad days. I just got to Brother Lawrence part but I can't wait to see how his walk is going to be like and see how much I can keep learning and growing so close to God by practicing his presence.

This CD has been in my player in my car and on my pic and this CD has been very helpful right now in my life I just feel like the song really speak how I feel some times. In my last blog I talked about a song Never Let Go and it's on this CD. I could talk about all the songs but I am going to try to pick out some of my favorite:

Never ending: This song is so true to hear
Never Let Go: This has helped when time get hard and I sometimes don't under stand
Rain down: I just want him to rain down on my life
We won't be quite: I wanted to live this song out in my life
Surely we can change: This is my pray for the world. I feel this song really needs to touch every ones heart. It just hits home for me right now on how much we need to do this. For everyone will know that we still care even when the world might have stop caring a long time ago.

The whole CD is really good ... I think every one needs to check it out!

Pray:

Please pray for the kids who participate in our LIT program to finish strong both in LIT and in school. The last few weeks have been challenging with attitudes, and problems for a few of the kids at school and at home.
Please continue to pray for the families in our community who are unemployed. Pray that God would provide for their needs.
Please pray for the LIT kids who received Christ last week to continue their growth in Him.
Please Pray for the Sears family that they will have Safe travel
please pray that God will keep showing me His heart for everyone I know and meet

News

From The Adelante Express:

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
New Birth in the Mission Adelante Community
Five LIT Kids Born Again!
Long-term investing in the lives of our "Leaders-In-Training" kids has born spiritual fruit! Iris, Nayeli, Helen, Edgar, and Felipe all received Christ on Wednesday during our mentoring time. Because of more than a year (in some cases more than two years) of learning the Bible through the Kids Adelante's Outreach Bible Study, the message of the gospel was not hard for them to grasp or receive.

I have seen significant changes in the attitude and character of these kids over the last several months. Being with them three afternoons and one evening each week since September has given us the opportunity to see them at their best and worst, and has allowed us to speak truth into their lives in every situation. They have become more and more open and have learned to trust that we are truly for them. Now, as 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, they are new creations in Christ. It will be exciting to see how the Holy Spirit will continue His work in them!

-Just wanted to know the great news about some of the kids I work with!

Needs:

We have found that baby items such as diapers and wipes go faster than we can stock them. We always need these items!
Food staples for what we call "Canasta Basica" or basic basket also go fast. One "Canasta Basica" contains: 2 bags of rice, 3 bags of beans, 1 box of Maizena, one bag of sugar, one bottle of cooking oil, 2 bags of pasta, 1 bag of flour. We love it when friends can bring a complete "Canasta Basica" already assembled! This is what we try to hand to every family that comes to the Resource Center.
If any one would life to donations any new and lightly used items to the Resource Center that might be just stilling around Please just let us know

Never Let Go!! A Time To Call For Pray!

2009-02-14T21:31:00.000-08:00

This week has been a hard With a gang-related shooting taking place in front of M.E. Pearson Elementary school on Tuesday, the school that most of our kids attend.

To learn more: http://www.kmbc.com/video/18676557/

Just hearing this from some of the kids I hang out with just really as hit home for me. Yes it's opened my eyes up but to them it's just an every day thing. Then hearing on Thursday night at Kids Adelant ever kid was talking about a retaliation at there schools for Tuesdays shooting. Just to see these young kids with so much fear in there eyes just really broke my heart I am learning so much about trusting and praying, (I know I cant fix any thing or make it all better by my self) I have never felt my heart be so heavy, sad and overwhelmed with all the stuff that goes on down here. There is a Song I Found:

By: David Crowder Band
Song: Never Let Go

When clouds veil sun
And disaster comes
Oh, my soul
Oh, my soul
When waters rise
And hope takes flight
Oh, my soul
Oh, my soul
Oh, my soul

Ever faithful
Ever true
You I know
You never let go
You never let go
You never let go
You never let go

When clouds brought rain
And disaster came
Oh, my soul
Oh, my soul
When waters rose
And hope had flown
Oh, my soul
Oh, my soul
Oh, my soul

Oh, my soul
Overflows
Oh, what love, oh, what love
Oh, my soul
Fills hope
Perfect love that never lets go

Oh, what love, oh, what love
Oh, what love, oh, what love
In joy and pain
In sun and rain
You’re the same
Oh, You never let go

It is talking about: when everything around you is just seems so hard (You Never Let GO). I just feel like I need to be reminded of that and I think the kids need to know that when everything is falling a part (You Never Let GO). I am glad to say that this Friday nothing happened but Police Presence Increased at the schools witch was good to see that they care about the kids safety and the schools did a great job.

To learn more: http://www.kmbc.com/video/18712205/

I know that Kids Adelante is the one way we can reach these kids we are standing in the gap for them and there is other way by praying, I am learning we can't do it on our own we need his hand in all of this. Please stand in the gap with me by just keeping Mission Adelante and the kids in your prayers and in your hearts. I think and know that this is the only way we can stop the all the killing. hate, retaliations, sadness, and everything else that gets in the way of GODS LOVE.

Not sure what we're in for next week with this fresh on the kids minds with this long week they have had.

PRAY:

That there will be no retaliation this week

and the coming weeks

For the Family that lost there kid and for his friends

that knew him throw all the hurt

For all the kids as they walk throw everyday life

just angels would be over all the them

For all the schools to be safe place for the kids

to go and learn and for the all the teachers and staff

that they will feel safe

For our LIT kids and Kids Adelante kids that

they will find peace this week

Let us not forget that:

In joy and pain
In sun and rain
You’re the same
Oh, You never let go

We have to stand strong when the waves of life get hard look up and never take
your eyes off of him for he is the one that will NEVER LET GO of us and this world!

Here We GO!!!!!!!

2009-01-25T12:43:00.000-08:00

Here I am sitting on the front step just think of everything going on with new adventurer with Mission Adelant. I love working for this Ministry and to be at a job that I LOVE it's never boring here the Jarret and Jason and Morgan out a lot of Fun to work with. Everything is back and running after the nice holiday break, LIT (Leader In Training) and Kids Adelante It was nice to see all the kids again and I think they missed us too.

LIT-
Just to see these kids and all there hard work they put into this program
They go to school and learn all day and after it let's out they come up and do more learning. We have Spelling, Grammar and Math and they kids are in three groups and they rotate in to each area and after they are all have gone throw they do there home work. The day I love the most is on Wednesday they
come early and have character development this is where they learn what
make a leader: Attentiveness, Obedience, Generosity Ect. I think this is where the kids lean the most out of any thing for LIT.

Kids Adelante-
We are growing so much the fist Thursday night we were back we had I think maybe 60 kids the room was packed. (it was a lot of fun to see) We had to open other group so now we have five groups. My group was gotten big we had to break up into tow groups but it's fun hanging out with my group they blow me away to see how much the kids know and under stand.I go there and look at all the kids and thing that these kids could be ones that change the world in there own little way.

Spanish class-
Well, like I said after the nice long break back to the work. Class is back and
I am still trying to get this Spanish down, right now we aree learning about:
ESTAR- estoy
estas
esta
estamos
estais
estan

and the verb ends with:
AR(hablar) ando (hablando)
ER (comer) iendo (comiendo)
IR (escibir) iendo (escibiendo)
Example:
Michelle esta bailando la salsa
(to dance)
the verb was bailar so we had to change it to bailando it had an ar ending.

I like saying- saca la basurd-take out the trash in Spanish is fun saying.

Thought-
there has been a a song that has been really stuck with my head
just some of the lyrics have jumped out to me:
they say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
if they can't understand it, how can they reach me
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of luck,
I kind of wounder is our kids feel this way in this word they call home
they all ready know so much about life and that's hard for me to hear that
they are only kids but they know a lot more then then I ever knew at there age.

PRAY
• My heart had been heavy for the kids I get to spend time with The more I get to know them and hear about there life had been hard for my heart.
• Pray for strength for the 11 preteen L.I.T. participants to prevail over the negative current of their social environment and influence their peers positively.