First United Methodist Church, under the direction of Greg Boyd (Mission Director) and Peter White (College Pastor) sent a multi-task team of nine that arrived March 15th. They made presentations in the schools, taught the sewing classes, held a pastor’s training conference, and had a children’s VBS.
Praise & Worship during Pastors' Conference
Tuesday and Wednesday they went into the local village schools to make presentations, give testimonies and evangelize while another part of the team remained at the mission center to teach the sewing class a new, marketable skill.
The Sewing Class
Presentation by Carl Lewis at a local school
In one morning they presented in seven classes…a real work-out. In the last school, close to the mission center they invited the children to attend a VBS in the mission center Friday morning.
Friday morning around eighty children attended an intense program that included stations inside and outside the mission center that provided a Bible story and hands on crafts that few children here have experienced.
Mackenzie Cordova with Children
Twelve year old Mackenzie photographed each child and placed the picture in a frame that they made in one of the stations. One mother told me that her child walked all the way home cradling her craft carefully in her hands. These crafts end up being treasure for these families.
Peter White Teaching Computer Students
Thursday Greg and Peter taught both shifts of our students here in the mission center. Since there are sixty new students this semester, this is a great evangelistic opportunity.
Praise & Worship during Pastors' Conference
Friday around twenty pastors and their wives attended the pastor’s conference. Lunch was served and then both Pastor Boyd and Pastor White taught and encouraged the pastors. This is a remarkable turnout for our small villages surrounding our center. This is in part due the efforts that Eleazar Bermudez and his wife, Carina made last month in visiting and making contact with the pastors in the various colonials