This week has been great! Our numbers are picking back up and kids are coming out left and right in the heat. The kids are really opening up and Patrick has really turned around! He sparked a huge interest in being a Christian and got saved! A few of our team members decided to write the following...
The best thing about these kids is seeing them smile and them making us smile. I'll never forget how much Norma's face lit up when she beat me in hula hoop or when Adam helped count in four corners. The best thing I ever heard was when Lrantjus dropped his freezy pop on me and asked if I was a napkin because "we were both white." Ha! I seriously laughed until I cried. God has done amazing things here both in the children and in my heart. -Jessica
Kendrick:
This week the North Carolina team, Old Shooting Creek, served with us at Kendrick. God really blessed us with such an awesome team. Each day they poured out more energy and love than the day before. Even as the temperature got warmer and the humidity rose they were tired but not once did they complain! On Friday God gave us our record high of 42 kids! It was awesome and the team really left it all out there! Great job Old Shooting Creek! - Jessi
Leawood:
Leawood didn't run this week so we combined with National and a total of 17 Leawood kids joined us! The army of kids from the apartments finally came. Please continue to pray that Leawood would be able to open soon. We have 3 more weeks of the summer and two of them are hopeful for Leawood. Thanks and God bless! - Matt
Guernsey:
This week was another fantastic week at Guernsey with an excellent team! We love our family from Pickens county. The kids all seemed to love them as well! Three of our kids, Nathaniel, Jay & Roneka were all saved this week. Nathaniel got saved at the block party that the team held for all the neighborhood kids over at club Rosamond. We ran in the 40's this week and keep having new kids all the time! Over 70 different kids were ministered to this week. One cool story happened at the block party. One of our Guernsey grandmothers was led to the Lord by Buddy, one of our team members. He told her that the Lord would begin to bless her life. Not long after this, the grandmother won a bike for one of her grandkids! Buddy came back to her and claimed, "I told you He would bless you!" Tears filled her eyes. We are so thankful for the positive impact Pickensville had on our kids and on us. Three more weeks left on G-street! We'll keep you posted on the awesome work of the Lord. - Emily
National:
What a summer we have had so far at National! It has been absolutely amazing to see God work. This week we had a group from Pickens County run National. The first blessing we had this week came in the form of weather. Last week we prayed that God would take away the record highs we were supposed to have this week. Well, God is faithful when we call to Him in prayer because we only had one day this week that we had a heat-advisory. Our attendance for the week was Monday - 50, Tuesday - 61, Wednesday - 50, Thursday - 55, and Friday - 56. These numbers include the Leawood Bible Club site. There were many highlights from this week. The first occurred when Miss Cynthia took a three year old named Tinker home. Miss Cynthia was singing Jesus Loves Me and all of a sudden the little girl who never says anything starts singing along! Pickens county also had a block party on Wednesday on Rosamond. A ton of National kids came and had a lot of fun! This team was able to lead 14 people to Christ during this event. They also gave away a girl bike and a boy bike. A girl from our site named Alice won the girl bike and she was so excited! God knew who needed and deserved this bike. This same little girl did not have shoes the first week. She is still wearing the shoes that Bon Homme went and bought her during their time in Memphis. It was so cool to see her ride up to the park on Thursday with a huge smile on her face. God was at work this week and Pickens gave all they had to these children. We love you Mrs. Marsha, Mr. Marvin, Pastor Tommy, Mrs. Diane, Mrs. Cynthia, Mrs. Pauline, Mrs. Karen, Hailey, Emily, Tyler and John Bradley!!! Thanks again! -Erica
Rosamond:
The fourth of July is usually celebrated with traditions such as having a cookout or fireworks. The fourth of July at Street Reach is celebrated a tad bit differently. For the past four years, Street Reach has welcomed mission teams on the fourth of July weekend. Union Grove is a team from North Carolina. They have such a heart and passion for this mission. Union Grove has built long lasting friendships with the kids at Rosamond. This team showed their love for the children in a unique way. They brought stuffed animals and candy to the children. Union Grove did a good job! What a good week! -Jessica
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