Thank you Haven CRC, and Agua Viva IPR

The VBS this year was a team effort between the youth from

Haven CRC in Zeeland, MI

and Agua Viva mission in Tijuana.

 It is great to work together for the kingdom.  Even though we speak different languages, we serve the same Lord!

Thank you Haven CRC for coming all the way to TJ to help us!

Final days at VBS

We continued to have more children each day, 115 on Wednesday, and 130 on Thursday.  In total 162 children

and 12 mothers attended during the week.
Pray that what they heard about Jesus will stay with them as they grow.

The team helped again with crafts and games.

Tuesday

Tuesday was another great day at VBS, We had over 75 kids attend, many of them new.  The story was about Jesus calming the storm.

The craft was painting cars from "Toys for God's Kids" in Denver Colorado.

They also enjoyed a crazy relay with water balloons.

In the afternoon the paint team continued with the final touches, the electrical team continued their work in the kitchen, and the girls poured a cement slab for the 55 gallon water drum, and the washing machine.

For dinner, the ladies cooked another great meal of  beef, chicken, and vegetarian empanadas, with fresh fruit for desert.

First day of VBS

Today was the first day of VBS at Agua Viva.  The theme this year is stories about boats.  The story for today was Jonah, which was acted out as a drama with a whale that actually "ate" Jonah.

The Haven team taught the crafts,

was in charge of game time,
and helped out in each of the classrooms.
In total about 65 children attended VBS, and 8 mothers joined the ladies class.
In the afternoon the team worked on finishing painting the exterior of the building, running wiring to the new kitchen, and working on crafts and games for tomorrow.

Great first day!  We are looking forward to tomorrow!!

Sunday

On Sunday we worshiped at three different churches, Sunday School at Cristo Arca de Salvacion, Worship service at Agua Viva, and Evening service at Dios Viviente with the men from the rehab center.  All three services were a blessing and opportunity for the group to fellowship with different brothers in Christ.  After the evening service we visited Jesse's family in Terrazas de Valle, friends we made 4 years ago on the last Haven team.