November Outreach Part 1: First Village

For the November outreach our first stop was the Village we went to during the last outreach. Many people heard the message of Jesus Christ for the first time and were saved. So we wanted to follow up with them. We brought pants for the kids (that we've been making) it's starting to get cold and the children needed some warm clothes.

This man here was one of the men to receive Christ last time we were there. He came up to pastor John took the speaker and started to testify about he has received Jesus in his heart. It was really awesome!!!

This man arrived limping on crutches. He was prayed for by Ty's mom and dad and he was able to walk on his own. Here he his testifying about God healing him!! Praise the Lord!

Some of the Hope House kids came with us and it's always amazing to me watching them minster to these people. They came from Villages like these and some were even poorer.

Playing games with the children. Giving them attention and have fun, with prizes and music. Their smiling faces just melt you.Our kids were have just as much fun!
Tyson's mom told the Christmas story. This woman was listening so intently.
My beautiful sister in lawSawyer and daddyPlaying hot potato Needs pants for the cold...Singing songsSawyer clapping and dancingView handing out toys to the kidshanding out the pantsLast stop getting a balloonWit and Andrew
Handing out treatsEveryone lined upSawyer was of course in the balloon areaPraying for the kids

Unforgettable facesTyson road in the back of the truck to the next village.

Best Buddies

Sawyer and Buzz lightyear are best friends. Wherever Sawyer goes Buzz goes too. Nap time and bed time Buzz is in hand.
The other day we went to lunch and at the restaurant and Sawyer was walking with tyson around this little lake while we waited on our food. Well I guess Sawyer thought it would be a great idea to make Buzz fly. He threw him up in the air and Buzz landed right in the middle of the lake. Sawyer laughed and then as soon as he saw buzz sink down he lost it. Tyson came walking up to the table with a very upset Sawyer and said "we have a man down". Poor kid Sawyer was a mess. We couldn't fish it out and the owner said he would try and get in the water that night and look for him. Well he didn't find him. Nap time and bed time were interesting sawyer was very upset calling for buzz and I had to keep explaining to him that he threw him in the water and now he was gone. I wanted him to learn. The bummer is that American toys here are like tripple the price.
The next day Sawyer was asking for Buzz he found his movie and put it in the dvd player. As soon as it came on he got the saddest look on his face and kept saying crying crying. When I asked him who was crying he said. "Buzz crying crying Buzz". It was the saddest thing. After that Tyson went to the store and bought him a new one. Sawyer was SO HAPPY when he looked in the bag and saw Buzz. I wish I had gotten it on video it was really sweet.

Pizza Party

Some of the kids started coming back to Hope House because one of the schools started back up before the others. We had 15 kids back and Tyson wanted to do something fun to welcome them home. We decided to have a pizza party. We ended up having 24 kids there because more kids came back early even though they didn't have school they wanted to be back. Some were hungry their families are so poor they don't get much to eat while they are gone. The pizza party was great. They LOVED it. After we ate we had movie time and watched a movie on the projector. They picked Jaws. It was a really fun night. It's great having the kids back.

Movie Time

Most of the kids went home for a few weeks in November. For 2 weeks these 5 were the only ones at Hope House. They either have no family at all or their family members don't take care of them so PFA do not allow them to go home. This day Tyson took them all to see a 3D movie at theatre in the mall. They all had an awesome time. We did other fun things with them this month.We have a pool in our neighborhood so we brought them over to swim a lot. Tyson enjoyed spoiling them a little...buying them snacks and soda at the street vendor. Having only a few kids to focus on makes it a little easier to get to know them. Sumchai (he is the boy second from the left) he is now following Tyson around. They have become good buddies. They enjoyed getting out and about going to Big C (it's kinda like a walmart) was a big deal so they did that a few times. It's so fun to see those happy little eyes get so excited over french fries from MacDonald's. Makes me thankful for all the Lord has provided in my life.

Driving

This video is from about a month ago. Sawyer loves to play in the toy truck that's in the birds nest. He is all about anything that has a steering wheel. He loves to sit in the front seat of the car and turn the steering wheel and honk the horn. It's so funny watching him try and "drive"

The life of Sawyer

Everyday this is what we play. Buzz lightyear flying around. Sawyer loves it he will play with Buzz all day long and now Buzz is a part of nap and bed time. We watch Toys Story or the Buzz lightyear movie everyday. I think it's moved in front of UP as his favorite movie.

Blessing Jon

These are the pictures from our time with pastor Jon. What a blessing he and his wife are to the 11 children they take care of. We had a fun time playing with the kids and handing out clothes and food.