A New Adventure

A suprise was waiting for our team last Monday. Our leaders Josh and Melissa presented an idea to us, that took us for a bit of a turn. They asked us how we felt about them leaving our team for a couple days and being able to experience the team leading on our own. After giving it thought and prayer we students felt like it was a good idea and were all at peace with the plan! So Tuesday morning Josh and Melissa drove away and we were on our own.

  Our team discovered that we work very well together even when our leaders are not here. We were able to take more ownership over our ministry and overall we communicated our plans very well.  Our team enjoyed the experience and are so thankful Josh and Melissa asked us to try it out. We grew closer as a team and feel more like a family than before.

  This week we volunteered at the Lighthouse Mission on Tuesday and Friday morning and were a part of the afterschool program on Wednesday. Our relationships with the homeless is growing so much! Anytime we drive through Christiansted and see one of them they wave and say hello. It makes us so happy. And we have been given so much postive feedback from the homeless about us preaching during breakfast on Fridays. Our teachings from the beginning have stuck with them and made an impact. So that has been really encouraging for us to hear!

Malene Preaching it at the Lighthouse!!

Solveig helping Miguel at the afterschool program

  One day this week we went to Chrisitansted and did the heart drama by the gazeebo. We had quite a few people watching and there were homeless from the lighthouse who watched  us as well. Our team loved doing our skit and being able to talk with people afterwards. We hope to be able to do that more in these last two weeks of ministry.

  This week we did skits for the kids in Kennedy on Monday and Thursday. We had a teaching to go with the skits. We talked about the armour of God and hearing Gods voice. The kids responded really well. After the hearing Gods voice teaching we split into small groups and prayed for eachother. And a couple girls prayed for God to come into their hearts! It was so exciting! The kids keep telling us that they love God and they are understanding that God loves them. They love it when we pray together too! Our time in Kennedy is more than fun and games with kids, it is heartwarming, life changing, and more powerful than any of us even comprehend. A couple parents have told us that they only let their kids come outside when we are there. There is a sense of trust between the kids, the parents, and our team. It has been a huge blessing from the Lord, and we are so thankful.



Kids coloring pictures of the armour of God



The girls love painting fingernails!

Jared teaching the kids how to skateboard



The kids walk us to the van and wave goodbye

  We also went to Paradise Mills this week and continued building our relationships there. We love going to Paradise Mills and are greatful that we have been able to make relationships with some parents as well as kids. We pray that ministry there continues to grow and God moves in that place.

Solveig getting her hair done by Quadiva

  Friday we had our 24 hour prayer again, and had a wonderful time. We prayed into the sphere of sports and entertainment. We had a really good time praying and hearing Gods heart in these areas. We started on thursday night at 7 p.m. so we could end at 7 p.m. on Friday and go to the local street fair called Jump Up.  




There were a bunch of guys on stilts dancing in the streets!



 



Most of our team with some guys taking a break after dancing

  Our team had an amazing night experiencing the culture here! There was music and dancing and vendors selling all sorts of things! We loved being able to take part in this event. Jump up only happens four times a year and we were fortunate to be here during one.

  Our team is so excited to give these last few weeks in St.Croix everything we have left! We are planning some amazing things for the kids and families in the projects. And doing more ministry with the St.Croix Christian Church. We are very excited to see what God does in these remaining days and pray to see even more lives changed! 

-With All Our Love, St.Croix outreach team!