Summer 2014 Update

Wow!  What a wonderful summer of ministry!  I am now entering my last week of the summer of leading teams here in the Harmon's Valley of Jamaica.  The summer we have led approximately 500 mission volunteers, built 20 houses, 20 foundations for houses, and carried thousands of pounds of marl up a hill for mixing cement.  That is not the most important thing we do though.  Building relationships while working along side our Jamaican friends and earning the right to share our story of God's redeeming love. We have seen Jamaicans accept Jesus as their personal lord and Savior and follow him in Baptism and others mature in their faith. I am constantly amazed of how God uses people when they are completely detached from all the stuff we have in our lives.  The highlight of my summer came during week four when we hosted two football teams from the Kansas City Area.  These teams are bitter rivals and yet their coaches and administrator of both schools believe that Christ is the common denominator in all of our lives, joined forces and brought them to Jamaica to work together for a common purpose. (total of 56 )TOTALLY AWESOME!  No issues whatsoever!  They came together and worked hard and bonded as one team.  The coaches/vice principals of these teams are totally awesome believers that live their faith out in front of these young men every day of their lives and what an impact they have.  As I assisted the coaches each evening with bible study it was awesome to see how God was revealing himself to many of these players that were not believers.  Before the week was over we had many conversations with young men who were searching for answers about God.  Two of these young men came to a personal relationship with Christ.  GOD IS AWESOME!