Levi Youth

The Levi (La-Vee) Youth group recently celebrated their 1 year anniversary.  The name is short for Levites and was chosen because God chose the Levites to look after the Tabernacle. We believe the kids at Pan de Vida are God's chosen for this ministry. The group is open to youth aged 15-22.  In the last year it has grown from 14 members to over 40.  One factor is that the youth at Pan de Vida are getting older but also there are several from the local communities that attend as well.

For the anniversary, the Levi performed a couple of skits in ministry.  There was also a worship band from the Horizonte (Horizon) Church that came to minister through music.  It was a great time for the kids to celebrate how God has worked in their lives and how He is making them into disciples as they do more outreaches throughout Querétaro.  For this to happen, it takes great commitment from the Youth Leaders.  

The leaders come up with many of the creative ideas for each weekly meeting but the youth have shown more interest in doing their part, creating some of their own ideas into skits.  It has been a great way for the kids to learn more about God and His purpose in their lives.

The mural is their mission statement.  Igniting hearts to light up the world!!


    

Party!

Let the parties begin!  Each year as December nears, individual groups come to Pan de Vida to hold special events for the kids.  It is a way they give during the holiday season.  Many groups bring bags of staple foods like beans, rice, flour, oil, washing powders etc.  Some groups will do puppet plays or musicals and EVERY group will have piñatas. 

The kids love the time and by the end of the week, all the volunteers are pulling the kids from the rafters from the sugar over-load.  However, the supervisors do take the candy and put it in a room and hand it out in moderate amounts.  We want them to at least get through school until the Christmas break comes. 
Today was the second event and I have posted some pictures for your enjoyment!!


 

getting the kids lined up

  
stringing the piñata 

 
setting it in place 

 
taking the 1st swing  

 
there goes half of it 

 
more swinging  

 
little ones making every effort

 
taking a beating 

 
we have break through

  
free for all~if you dare

  
MORE~one for each age group 

Everyday life

I wanted to keep things fresh and since it has been over a week, I thought I would post a few pictures of everyday life here.  To make a facility of 140 children function, cooking, cleaning and  maintenance is non-stop.  

The budget is to be as thrifty as we can to do repairs which makes the wood planer in the work-shop one of Ira's most valuable tools.  He has recently planed scrap boards to make doors that he will install to allow more privacy in shared facilities.  He has built a cabinet to organize and protect some of his screws, nails etc.  He is also working on pumps to the kitchen and girls dorm for water.  That is the short list of projects for now.

I am also posting a few pictures of the kids doing chores.  Even the little ones pitch in to do their share.  There is also a picture of one of the girls in her football jersey that was donated to the team of girls by Port Maitland, Nova Scotia team.

The Levi youth group recently celebrated 1 year in ministry and on Nov 20th, we will celebrate the Mexican Revolution. They love fiestas in Mexico and I will update those as I can.


 

 
    

Thanksgiving

This Saturday, several of us volunteers got together to celebrate a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner together. We picked a date between the Canadian and US dates.  There were also a couple of native Mexicans and one from Ecuador enjoying the great feast as well.

There are several of us that have now been here for long term and built friendships.  Some of the volunteers are newer in their service, and we want to start having regular reunions to help them in their transition as well.  Being away from our own family and friends of our countries, we have come to know how important it is for us to become unified as the family that God has built here.

Richard and Ximena recently went to Texas, so they were able to pick up ingredients necessary to make meals of the North American culture.  Even down to dessert of Blue Bell ice cream!


   
   
This Saturday, several of us volunteers got together to celebrate a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner together. We picked a date between the Canadian and US dates.  There were also a couple of native Mexicans and one from Ecuador enjoying the great feast as well.

There are several of us that have now been here for long term and built friendships.  Some of the volunteers are newer in their service, and we want to start having regular reunions to help them in their transition as well.  Being away from our own family and friends of our countries, we have come to know how important it is for us to become unified as the family that God has built here.

Richard and Ximena recently went to Texas, so they were able to pick up ingredients necessary to make meals of the North American culture.  Even down to dessert of Blue Bell ice cream!
      
 

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