Can you believe that it's 6 days until Christmas Eve!! Things here have been so busy lately trying to get everything ready for next week...this morning we had music practice for the children and we put motions to Jingle Bells.they're doing 2 songs, Deep, which is a song that we do at my home church and then Jingle Bells. teaching little kids a new song is hard enough, but when you're teaching a song in a different language it's a definite challenge :) haha We've been really stressing practiving in their homes so they won't forget and today when they came in you could tell they had been practicing! They did so good! It's going to be really cute when they do it for Christmas Eve!!
Then, this afternoon we have drama practice with the youth. At Tuesday's practice we fianlly finished the "Lifehouse Everything skit" all the way through . it was hard getting to that point and gettign the timing and everything to line up correctly but we finally did it and we were all really relieved! It's turnign out really good and it's going to be a powerful witnessing tool for the youth to use. It's a good testement to exactly how God is with us and how even after everything we go through and the mistakes we make God is always with us. He is ready to pick us up and dust us off and all he desires is for us to have is a personal relationship with him. If you have never seen this drama you can go to http://www.youtube.com/ and search "h20 performs lifehouse everything skit" and you can watch my home church middle schoolers performing the skit. It's POWERFUL!!
This week has also been very busy because we've been doing all of our Christmas shopping as well. We have a lot of kids and youth to shop for with BIG needs but a very specific budget...so emotionally it's been very hard on me. My spirit just wants to buy them everything they need and not have to choose between pants or shoes but unfortunately these are choices we've been having to make. They are going to be so happy to be getting a gift this year...and for me it's so much more fun to shop for people that you know it's jsut going to bless their lives and they really are in need. It's been fun getting to pick out something that suits each one of their personalities and know how special it will be to them :)
Last Saturday all of the youth went to Ojojona, which is another pueblo thats really pretty about 1 hour from us. We all fasted and went to a top of a mountain and sang songs and prayed for eachother and read form Corinthians about what Paul write to the church. These youth have problems that we couldn't imagien dealing with at such a young age, but Paul write that this life is temporary and every struggle we go thorugh on this Earth we will be rewarded in Heaven for...as bad as it seems now it's a small price to pay for the eternity that we will have...and to remain pure at heart and the bride of Christ ready and waiting for him to return...it was so powerful because it gives them hope..they struggle and have so many problems but they know that God is in total control of their lives and it's such an amazing thing to see youth so strong. We were supposed to go back tommorow but all schedule is so jammed we canceled the trip. Saturday we have all 100 of the Mission of Mercy children coming to the church and we're putting on a big day for them. We're having music, games, dramas, speaking, candy and cookies...etc. It's a day to minister to these children, a lot of whom do not already go to church so it's a busy day for Agua De Vida...it's going to be a lot of fun tho!!
We also have a lot more shopping to finish up and a very short time to do it in :) next Wednesday for Christmas Eve we're having a big candle light service where the childrean and youth will perform and then on Christmas day Donna and Jim come into town and we've palnned the big meal for the church on the 25th so they could be here for it as well and so they can see everyone getting their presants. It's going to very different for us to be away from our fmaily this year and we're missing home and everyone a lot..but we're also really excited to be able to experience Christmas with them and to see something different that what we're used to...I've heard theres NO SLEEPING and you travel to everyones houses all night so it should be different and exciting! haha :) I hope everyone of you have an amazing Christmas with your families and keep Amber and I and our family in your prayers. It's going t0o be hard to be away so just keep us in mind :) We love you all and thank you so much for your continued support! We're making a difference in the lives of the people here and we couldn't be doing it without you! We love you guys...MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Love,
Alisa & Amber
Then, this afternoon we have drama practice with the youth. At Tuesday's practice we fianlly finished the "Lifehouse Everything skit" all the way through . it was hard getting to that point and gettign the timing and everything to line up correctly but we finally did it and we were all really relieved! It's turnign out really good and it's going to be a powerful witnessing tool for the youth to use. It's a good testement to exactly how God is with us and how even after everything we go through and the mistakes we make God is always with us. He is ready to pick us up and dust us off and all he desires is for us to have is a personal relationship with him. If you have never seen this drama you can go to http://www.youtube.com/ and search "h20 performs lifehouse everything skit" and you can watch my home church middle schoolers performing the skit. It's POWERFUL!!
This week has also been very busy because we've been doing all of our Christmas shopping as well. We have a lot of kids and youth to shop for with BIG needs but a very specific budget...so emotionally it's been very hard on me. My spirit just wants to buy them everything they need and not have to choose between pants or shoes but unfortunately these are choices we've been having to make. They are going to be so happy to be getting a gift this year...and for me it's so much more fun to shop for people that you know it's jsut going to bless their lives and they really are in need. It's been fun getting to pick out something that suits each one of their personalities and know how special it will be to them :)
Last Saturday all of the youth went to Ojojona, which is another pueblo thats really pretty about 1 hour from us. We all fasted and went to a top of a mountain and sang songs and prayed for eachother and read form Corinthians about what Paul write to the church. These youth have problems that we couldn't imagien dealing with at such a young age, but Paul write that this life is temporary and every struggle we go thorugh on this Earth we will be rewarded in Heaven for...as bad as it seems now it's a small price to pay for the eternity that we will have...and to remain pure at heart and the bride of Christ ready and waiting for him to return...it was so powerful because it gives them hope..they struggle and have so many problems but they know that God is in total control of their lives and it's such an amazing thing to see youth so strong. We were supposed to go back tommorow but all schedule is so jammed we canceled the trip. Saturday we have all 100 of the Mission of Mercy children coming to the church and we're putting on a big day for them. We're having music, games, dramas, speaking, candy and cookies...etc. It's a day to minister to these children, a lot of whom do not already go to church so it's a busy day for Agua De Vida...it's going to be a lot of fun tho!!
We also have a lot more shopping to finish up and a very short time to do it in :) next Wednesday for Christmas Eve we're having a big candle light service where the childrean and youth will perform and then on Christmas day Donna and Jim come into town and we've palnned the big meal for the church on the 25th so they could be here for it as well and so they can see everyone getting their presants. It's going to very different for us to be away from our fmaily this year and we're missing home and everyone a lot..but we're also really excited to be able to experience Christmas with them and to see something different that what we're used to...I've heard theres NO SLEEPING and you travel to everyones houses all night so it should be different and exciting! haha :) I hope everyone of you have an amazing Christmas with your families and keep Amber and I and our family in your prayers. It's going t0o be hard to be away so just keep us in mind :) We love you all and thank you so much for your continued support! We're making a difference in the lives of the people here and we couldn't be doing it without you! We love you guys...MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Love,
Alisa & Amber
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