Feed Me!

       Part of our mission is to train and teach others who can work with us in their part of the world to help others. We have a friend who lives in the North of England--not very practical to give classes to! But like the hungry birds in the above photo, Steve would not let distance deter him! He wanted to learn more and would let nothing stop him! So we devised a plan whereby we meet halfway--he traveled south and we traveled north and we met up in Leicester, where there is a Family International Centre. They so kindly let us all stay for two days and we had a marathon course time--using as much of the time as we possibly could to teach the Connexions Course which is a Bible course compiled by the Family which helps prepare trainees for further work.

        Steve, who is a guitarist, is already beginning to put what he is learning into practice: helping at another Centre in the Midlands by playing guitar for a monthly meeting they have there. Although it can be a bit of a tiring journey to travel up and back in two days, it is time well spent as we see his enthusiasm and hunger. After all, this is what we do!

Steve (left) studies the Connexions Course with Paul

Car Wash Project

Recently we spent 5 days helping Jesus House church with their annual car wash project. They wash cars for free and invite the owners inside where there are many activities. We manned the kid's corner. David taught the "STEPS Foundations of Faith", (Produced by Aurora Productions) which is a powerful personal development study curriculum to help children learn about God and His Word. This curriculum includes stories and many excellent teaching resource materials that stimulate discussion and help children discover answers to the many questions they have about God and spiritual principles. Dawn was face painting and I used the faces I painted to suggest a Bible story or concept which I told as I worked. A boy painted as a lion heard the story of Daniel in the Lion's Den. Star tattoos reminded the wearers of how they will shine as stars if they are wise. To be honest, Batman was one face that stumped me and I didn't know of any Bible story that talked about bats! So I finally looked up "bat" in my Bible and sure enough it was there, under a list of animals that are not good to eat! Gloria was balloon modeling and a balloon hat became a crown of life. Balloon swords were the swords of the spirit, etc! It was a lot of fun and the time flew by! We even got some of the parents and staff to put on a balloon hat or get a design painted on their cheek or arm.

Dawn, David and two children at the Steps activity table

Gloria turned balloons into Bible objects

Painted stars were very popular

David's table was always busy

These children hold up their activities that they worked on while their parents were talking

David preparing during a slower moment

All ages participated and enjoyed themselves

Teaching Others to Teach Others

Isabella Studying the "12 Bridges" Course

A good deal of our time is spent training others to reach out to those around them. Isabella is one of our eager students who is nearing the end of the "12 Bridges Course". She is learning to be a listening ear to her collegues at work and her family, and then to do what she can to help them with counsel and by offerning them inspirational reading, geared to them individually.

Helping Others to Help Others

Hewo, Dawid! Wets go see the cats! (Translation: "Hello David, let's go see the cats!")

We have been having many visitors in our London Centre these past months. Often, Volunteers from other countries stay with us for a time while they take care of business in London, or visit relatives. They come from diverse far flung countries and we are happy to help with food and accommodation, transportation to airports or train stations and often other business that they need to take care of, especially if they are not familiar with London, as often is the case. Here we have photos of a few of such visitors.

Shown above is 2 year old Julien. Sweet Julian livened up our house, as he stayed for some weeks with his parents. They have been doing Missionary work in Mexico.




Sherly, mother of 7, does missionary work in India. She stayed with us for one month as she took care of business here. She also participated in many of our projects and is sorely missed!



Crystal arrived from Ghana, where she has been doing missionary work for several years. She is still with us, helping us with our work here!