We're Home

We wrapped up the week in Lytle on Thursday by finishing day 4 of our Sports Camp in the morning.  A total of 5 kids accepted Christ this week during our camp, along with one adult who prayed to receive Christ on Monday.  Praise God for those lives changed forever.  Those kids that attended who were already believers got some tools to share their faith with others.  On Thursday afternoon, our kids got the opportunity to go swimming while we cleaned the church and got things put back together in the classrooms we were painting this week.  The kitchen remodel crew finished up all they had to do for the week and the church is well on their way to having a brand new kitchen.  On Thursday night we hosted an award night for the kids who were in Sports Camp, giving each child an award and a Bible.  We served free hot dogs, snow cones and nachos to kids and parents and had an opportunity to share Christ with that group.  After we cleaned and packed the trailer, the members from FBC Lytle joined with our group for a brief time of encouragement as well as the sharing of the Lord's Supper.  It was a sweet fellowship between these two bodies of believers.  

We hope you will continue to hear more stories from the individuals and families that went on this trip and we will try and post more pictures in the coming days.  Please pray for FBC Lytle as they have the task of following up with the families who attended the camp this week and discipling the kids who have accepted Christ.  Thank you for praying for our team.  We are changed because of the work God has allowed us to be a part of for His kindgdom's sake.  We pray for more opportunity to continue serving Him.  Blessings!

Sports Camp Days 2 and 3

Tuesday and Wednesday have both been great days.  Tuesday we had our second day of Sports Camp and had more kids than the first day - 94 kids.  The kids all seemed to have a good time even though it has been very hot - we have a good crew from FBC Lytle keeping our water jugs full of cold water and ice.  The kids get a break every day with craft/snack time and Bible story time to sit and rest but most importantly hear God's good news.  Tuesday afternoon was the second day of painting in the afternoon.  We were able to complete painting 5 classrooms with all our adult and kid helpers.  The kitchen remodel has been happening every day and that crew has worked hard painting and setting cabinets.  We ended Tuesday night with a fish fry (thanks to the Lee and Dimarzio families - yum) and the kids got to blow off some steam with a water balloon fight.  We are all exhausted by the end of the day!

Wednesday was day 3 of Sports Camp.  We had a few more kids than Tuesday - 96 kids.  Each day the campers have been learning about the colors of the wordless book.  Gold for heaven, Black for sin, Red for the blood of Christ shed for you, White because Jesus' blood makes us clean, Green for growth and Blue for baptism.  Through today we have covered gold and black but today we went over red and white.  We presented the gospel completely today and 3 kids have accepted Christ.  Some knew the stories and understood but you can see the Spirit working in others who don't know Christ as their Savior.  Our coaches and kids have been encouraging the campers and listening to them, taking every opportunity to share the truth.  We pray we will see more fruit and praise God for the ones today who have accepted Christ.  We had free family day this afternoon and it was a much needed break for our families!! 

Please pray for our team.  Tomorrow is our final day of Sports camp.  Pray for opportunities to keep sharing God's good news with those who are at camp (both kids and adults).  Also, tomorrow night from 6 to 8 p.m., we will be hosting a cook out in the park for the kids and parents who attended this week.  We will give out awards to our campers but most importantly, we will be sharing the gospel with these families.  Pray that more will come to know Christ as their Savior.  Pray for FBC Lytle as they follow up with all these families.  Pray also for our team as they finish up the kitchen remodel and in the afternoon as we clean and put the church back together after the painting we have done - we will have a short time to complete this and will all need an extra boost of energy to get it done.  Thank you for praying for us and checking in on what God is doing here.  I'm sure we will compile alot pictures over the next few weeks and hope to post a lot of them here.  Keep checking.  We will try and post tomorrow night if we get the opportunity so you will know how we finished up the week. 

Sport Camp Day 1

Today was the first day of our Sports Camp in the city park.  We had 86 kids from the community attend.  They participated in various sports - football, basketball, soccer, cheerleading and baseball.  Pastor Grady, the pastor at FBC Lytle, had the opportunity to share Christ with one of the dads at the camp and he accepted Christ today!  All the children that came to the camp experienced the love of Christ first hand as they learned about their sport, did a craft and heard about Jesus from our kids and adults.  We were so proud of our Prosper kids - they all worked really hard today and were true servants.  The kitchen remodel at the church began this morning as well with that team. They also got an amazing amount of work done on that very large project.  We will post before and after pictures some time later in the week.  Those guys are working very hard all day on getting that done for the church.  

In the afternoon, we focused on painting several classrooms at the church.  Our kids got right in there and we got several rooms primed to finish up tomorrow.  After dinner, many of the kids and some adults played a game of kickball with some families from FBC Lytle.  We are all exhausted tonight but it was a GREAT day and we look forward to what God will do tomorrow as we serve Him by serving the kids He has brought our way.  Keep praying for us - for spiritual eyes and ears to be obedient to what God says.  Pray for us to have good rest as well as for our health and safety.  

Sunday in Lytle

Our Sunday started out with morning worship at FBC Lytle.  It was such a joy to worship with this congregation and our children helped us lead out in the music part of worship.  Many FBC Lytle church families adopted our Prosper families so we could eat lunch together and mingle. We had a great time getting to know all these new people.  Once lunch was over, we broke up into teams and set out to canvas Lytle, inviting kids to our Sports Camp that starts tomorrow. We have around 50 pre-registered.  It was HOT but we all made our rounds and most of us ended up at Sonic or Dairy Queen to cool off.  We had some down time while the guys figured out the "outdoor kitchen."  Since the kitchen is being remodeled, we had to work out how to prepare meals and they did a great job making it work! We had a delicious fajita meal, a short prep meeting and back to our home away from home (The Value Place Inn) to get to bed and begin early tomorrow.  Please pray for us tomorrow as we encounter kids and adults from this community.  We need God's Spirit to reach these kids for His kingdom.  Pray for safety for all doing the camp as well as those working on the kitchen remodel (it's pretty extensive).  More soon.....

Rehearsal before worship service.  It was GREAT to have our kids up there!

Prayer time Sunday morning.

Neighborhood canvassing.

Canvassing with a FBC Lytle member, Savannah.  

She was a huge help telling us who lived where!

Soccer goal assembly.

Kitchen remodel talk. Demo's been done, but now it has to be put back together.

 

A friendly game of "keep away" gets out of control with the big kids!

Outdoor kitchen dinner prep.

Sunday night fajita dinner.  YUM!

We Have Arrived

Our team has arrived in San Antonio safely.  We've had some minor mishaps today but nothing that could keep us from getting here safe and sound.  Tomorrow we lead out in worship at FBC Lytle and hopefully skype in to FBCP to say hello.  Pray for Khris tomorrow as he preaches at home and gets on a plane to join us here for the week.  Pray for our team as we canvas neighborhoods after church tomorrow inviting kids to Sports Camp.  We have had fun today traveling so enjoy some pics of our adventure to San Antonio (we are staying on the South side).  We will post more soon on this blog and watch our FBC Prosper page on Facebook for mobile uploads.  

A pit stop at Dairy Queen - Texas Stop Sign!

Dinner at Mi Tierra, San Antonio Market Square.  The kids got a kick out of the mariachis singing Happy Birthday to Joy Holland - her birthday is Tuesday.  

Dinner at Mi Tierra - yummy!