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• Celebrate God’s Goodness
We had an wonderfully eventful mission trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. Some fifty-two of us journeyed by bus to remote and needy places. The most wonderful part of the trip was that “God was with us.” He promised us that He would be with us, you know. It says in Matthew 28:19-20, “Therefore, go and make […]
• Oaxaca-Kid Mission Next
The time has come to depart for our next Kid Mission. This time we are off the Oaxaca, Mexico. We leave July 18, this Friday morning, for Mexico City, then transfer for a flight to the City of Oaxaca. There our team of fifty will board a bus and begin our missionary journey with Pastor […]
• NeXgen Mandarin Kids
There are many First Generation Mandarin speaking Chinese at the Bread of Life Church in Torrance. They have their own Mandarin speaking worship and programs. After many years of ministry, there is a growing group of second generation Chinese who have learned English and have become parents. Their children are learning English in school and […]
• New Website Announced
It is now official! Kid Helper Resources announced the opening of it’s website. The vision of the site is to provide unique and creative resources to help those ministering to kids. Michael LaFond, the company’s chief officer, has been working hard to launch this new web business site. So this week, July 1st, it launched. […]
• Recognition from Luis Palau
This is a recently received certificate that came in the mail. This means that I am one of the evangelists in the Next Generation Alliance. This is a group of evangelists that Luis Palau Evangelistic Association partners with to effect the next generation. I have attended an annual training program every summer since 1998 ( […]
• Every Penny Counts
Every two years the Cambodian Evangelical Churches in the U.S. conveign a Regional Conference. They send delegates from each church for a denominational gathering for about 30-40 churches, mostly from Calfornia, but several from other states too. This group of Cambodian Evangelical Churches are affiliated the Christian Missionary Alliance Churches and have their conference every […]
• Top Ten Fatherhood Facts
Top 10 Fatherhood Facts from The National Fatherhood initiative 24 million children (34 percent) live absent their biological father. Nearly 20 million children (27 percent) live in single-parent homes. 1.35 million births (33 percent of all births) in 2000 occurred out of wedlock. 43 percent of first marriages dissolve within fifteen years; about 60 percent […]
• From Where I Sit…
Here, these camping chairs speak volumes. Benjamin, my grandson, placed his chair next to his Dad’s chair at the campfire ring. I was impressed so I took this picture to record the message. Do you hear the message of Fatherhood? It is about position. It is about being there. It is about differences. It is […]
• Evaluating Play Equipment
We are working on building a playground for some children in India. So we are partnering with Kids Around the World, who have successfully installed over 100 playgrounds worldwide now. In doing my homework about playgrounds, I ran across this excellent article by Anne-Marie Spencer, who has offered this helpful article on Evaluating Play Equipment. […]
• Do You Remember Me?
I attended the Student Missionary Conference a week ago at the Biola University campus in La Mirada, CA. At the Missionary/Exhibitor orientation meeting a young lady approached me and said, ” I am Jennifer Johnson, I remember that you were the camp speaker at a summer camp at Quaker Meadows when I was a child. […]
