One Season Ends, Another Begins

All these children learned about Jesus in a 3 day Club in Madera County last week.

Jesus is where the joy is and you can see it on many of their faces!

Summer Harvest

We are rejoicing for all the Lord has done this summer. We had an amazing pair of Summer Missionaries: Arianna and Isabel Knee and a great team of summer volunteers supported by our amazing staff: Aaron Keller and Deborah Naigaga.

Through their tireless efforts 1,111 children were reached from June 1 through today and 260 children professed faith in Jesus!

But, it takes a lot of time and effort to prepare, pack and then unpack and prepare again! For this we thank Trish Wright, Office Supervisor, for her daily work and our office volunteers: Gisela Bigbee, Evelyn Koop and Barbara Pierson. These faithful, and fun, volunteers come every week throughout the year. We are so grateful! May the Lord bless your kindness.

Deborah Naigaga and Nancy Stephenson, as well as Hannah, Abigail and Luke Von Ah staffed a ministry booth on August 2.

This event was a Backpack giveaway sponsored by Step of Faith Church. What a great outpouring of families from the surrounding neighborhood.

The team shared Jesus with 167 children and 48 professed faith in Jesus as Savior. Jesus is the most important person to know when it’s time to go back to school! He goes with them and hears every prayer.

These children responded to the invitation to believe in Jesus!

Summer ministry isn’t always easy, especially in the triple digit heat of the Valley! But water games can make it fun.

Young children are usually with an adult. What a great opportunity for them to hear about God’s love. For many, they may recommit their lives to Jesus. Others may believe for the first time in their lives.

CLOVIS UPDATE

Our 18 school reservations for fall and spring will be presented to the school board on August 16. Please join us in praying that they will be approved to start right after school and that there will be no further delays.

Praise God for:

1. The summer harvest of 1,111 children learning about Jesus! What a great blessing the summer missionaries and volunteers were to us!
2. The children who professed faith in Jesus as their Savior and those who did so privately after they heard the Good News about Jesus.
3. The beginning of fall and schools resuming as well as the opportunity to have GNC’s approved by the Clovis School Board.

Pray to God for:

1. Approval at every District where reservations have been submitted so that final flyers can be printed and promotion begin for each campus so that we can reach our target of 100 schools this year.
2. New business sponsors for the Darryl Rogers Golf Tournament, at the $5000, $2500, and $1000 level and for a sellout of golfers (144).
3. Many volunteers to donate a gift card or make a donation for a card for this year’s golf tournament.
4. More school teachers to apply and train to conduct a GNC at their school so many more teams can be established in more schools throughout the valley and mountain communities.

For His Glory,

Tammy Beers, Director