Wednesday Afternoons . . . .

. . . . are getting crazy! We can hardly believe how much the Kids Club at the Quito dump has grown and developed and there is so much exciting news to share! Every week, I come back from Kids Club so excited about what God is doing and I intend to do a post here and then I seem to get distracted by daily life - so here we go!

Last Weds as I watched everything going on around me, I prayed in thanksgiving and awe to God for such an incredible journey . . . . what started out as a simple little kids club for children who lived near the dump several years ago has now turned into a full-grown ministry, involving so many people - youth, other missionaries, Ecuadorians, etc. God is working in lives and you are all a part of this through your prayers, encouragement and giving!

Here's a synopsis. First, we have the Kids Club . . . this is mostly run by a group of 18 high schoolers from Alliance Academy - this year we have Koreans, Ecuadorians and North Americans in our group. We also have a staff of adult sponsors - all respresenting four different mission organizations. We typically have 40 - 50 children come to the Kids Club. . . .they include children from the neighborhood as well as the children in the Extreme Response Day Care Center at the dump.

We have noticed in approvement in everyone's attitude as we have changed locations this year to the Day Care Center at the dump - we have electricity, bathrooms and a clean place to hold the Kids Club (compared to the run-down shack we have been using for several years).


Then we have the MOM'S CLUB! This was started last year, but only ran sporadically. This year, it's a weekly thing! And it's GROWING! Last week we had 12 people sitting around the one table (time for another table). We have three high school girls who do the preparation and presentation each week - we are very proud of them. The music group (again, high schoolers) comes in and shares worship music. There's a time for prayer and prayer requests. Moms are inviting their friends and relatives. It's growing and lives are being changed! We are amazed.



Then we have a SIGN LANGUAGE class. This was recently started because of a handsome little boy by the name of Jeramy - he and his sister attend Extreme Response's day care center. He is deaf, but that doesn't seem to stop him at all! He's smart and intelligent and keeps us all on our toes. One of our adult leaders mentioned that there is a missionary in her mission who knows sign language and maybe it would be good for her to come and communicate with Jeramy. Well, she did come and before we knew it, she was doing a Sign Language class with Jeramy's mom and dad. What an incredible opportunity to reach this family!


Soon we may start a DAD'S CLUB! You'll notice in the photo above of the mom's club that there is one dad sitting there - the men have shown interest in what is going on at the Day Care Center on Wednesday afternoon. . . .pray with us about this possibility! We're starting to run out of room . . . . but God is working in hearts and lives.

We covet your prayers on Wednesday afternoons . . . there is so much need, opportunity and ministry available to us that we need the eyes, ears and hands of Jesus to reach out to this community of dump workers and their families.

PRAY FOR US ON WEDNESDAY!