A Child's Smile is One of Life's Greatest Blessings!

Last week's "kick off" session was a huge success!  We had an amazing turnout of kids (actually ran out of food for maybe the first time ever!).  The volunteer front was HUGE and the kids were so happy to be getting started with in.Light.in again.  We sort of had a "wild hair" this semester...we thought it would be SUPER cool for the in.Light.in kids to pair up with the RCF (Ross Christian Fellowship) and the RCSA (Ross Catholic Student Association) kids to sing a song at the Night of Worship (an evening where those two organizations and the New Light church here in Dominica gather and sing/play praise and worship music).  So last week we started teaching them "Every Move I Make" with all the fun hand motions.  The kids REALLY got into it!  So we will be continuing to try and organize that endeavor in the coming weeks.  Be in prayer about it with us!  June 30th is the big event and we will be sure to post pictures and hopefully video of what promises to me an AMAZING night of praising God in the kaleidoscope of His creation!

We spent lots of time just playing with the kids this past week.  We shared our "mission statement Bible verse" with them (Matthew 5:16), and had Linda Bruno (one of our most favorite Dominicans!) come and help us write down names and birth dates of all these sweet kids.  After all, sometimes it's just so hard to understand them when they tell you their names!  So many of the "regulars" are really growing up.  So we are excited to start really digging into the Word of God with them this semester.  And we are certain that the number of kids who attend will grow each week.  When I said last week that something BIG was going to happen this semester, I really meant it.  God is MOVING and the devil is doing some serious high steppin'!

That being said, please also pray for those of us who are volunteering and helping with the logistics of this ministry.  As is always the case, when people start rising up in the name of God, that also comes with a healthy dose of opposition and animosity from others who don't share our Faith.  Especially in an environment where explaining "inexplicable" things away with science and logic is so rampant.  Despite that opposition, we Christian soldiers are marching onward with our first and foremost intention being to love the heck out of these children in our community who need it SO very badly.  What a blessing it is for us to see smiles on the faces of these kids who, for at least an hour a week, get full bellies and overflowing unconditional love.  It is for THEIR benefit and not for our own that we give of our time and resources each week.  I mean, look at those faces!  There's no question that there is good being done here...

Love and Light,

Summer 2013 in.Light.in Team

"I will not leave you orphaned. I'm coming back. In just a little while the world will no longer see me, but you're going to see me because I am alive and you're about to come alive. At that moment you will know absolutely that I'm in my Father, and you're in me, and I'm in you." -John 14:18 (MSG)